Is eye damage caused by stereoscopic displays?

Udo Mayer; Markus D. Neumann; Wolfgang Kubbat; Kurt Landau

doi:10.1117/12.384430

3 May 2000 Is eye damage caused by stereoscopic displays?

Udo Mayer, Markus D. Neumann, Wolfgang Kubbat, Kurt Landau

Proceedings Volume 3957, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems VII; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384430
Event: Electronic Imaging, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A normal developing child will achieve emmetropia in youth and maintain it. Thereby cornea, lens and axial length of the eye grow astonishingly coordinated. In the last years research has evidenced that this coordinated growing process is a visually controlled closed loop. The mechanism has been studied particularly in animals. It was found that the growth of the axial length of the eyeball is controlled by image focus information from the retina. It was shown that maladjustment can occur by this visually-guided growth control mechanism that result in ametropia. Thereby it has been proven that e.g. short-sightedness is not only caused by heredity, but is acquired under certain visual conditions. It is shown that these conditions are similar to the conditions of viewing stereoscopic displays where the normal accommodation convergence coupling is disjoint. An evaluation is given of the potential of damaging the eyes by viewing stereoscopic displays. Concerning this, different viewing methods for stereoscopic displays are evaluated. Moreover, clues are given how the environment and display conditions shall be set and what users shall be chosen to minimize the risk of eye damages.

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Udo Mayer, Markus D. Neumann, Wolfgang Kubbat, and Kurt Landau "Is eye damage caused by stereoscopic displays?", Proc. SPIE 3957, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems VII, (3 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384430

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