The effects of stereoscopic display luminance and ambient illumination on visual comfort

Abstract

In this paper, we investigated that display luminance and ambient illumination had significant effects on the perception of the imagery displayed, and their appropriate combination would be studied. The results showed display luminance and ambient illumination did not significantly influence on physiological fatigue. Ambient illumination statistically affected objective visual fatigue, but display luminance did not. Ambient illumination and display luminance significantly affected subjective comfort evaluation. However, the main effect of display luminance was statistically significant on visual discrimination performance, but ambient illumination was not significant. As for the combination effect of display luminance and ambient illumination, viewers felt the most comfortable and with the best visual performance in the high level of display luminance and the high level of ambient illumination. It is expected to find out the optimal condition to ensure the viewer's visual comfort. As for the future work, the dynamic image factor may be taken into account. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.