Binocular Virtual Reality Displays: When Problems Do and Don't Occur

摘要

It has been demonstrated that a stereoscopic virtual reality system can cause deficits of binocular vision but that a well-engineered bi-ocular (nonstereoscop- ic) display can avoid causing stress to the visual system. The stereoscopic depth information present in binocular displays has been hypothesized to be a con- tributing factor to visual stress. We undertook research to determine the effect- of stereoscopic depth in virtual realty displays on the visual system and found that stereoscopic depth does not, per se, cause problems to binocular vision over short (10-min) viewing periods.