Effects of Viewing Conditions on Fatigue Caused by Watching 3DTV

In order to enjoy a pleasant experience watching 3DTV, it is necessary to collect and analyze reliable safety assessment data. Evaluation experiments were conducted consisting of 500 adult participants watching 3D programes for approximately one hour on commercially available 46 to 50-inch 3DTVs that require the use of shutter glasses. The degree of fatigue after watching the 3DTV was evaluated under various viewing conditions based on objective and subjective indexes of fatigue. The results of objective indexes showed that there was no statistical difference between watching 3DTV and traditional TV (i.e., watching 2D programes without glasses) in degree of decline of visual and cognitive functions due to fatigue. On the other hand, the results of subjective indexes indicated that there were some differences between watching 3DTV and traditional TV in the sensation of fatigue, which may not be attributed to watching 3D programes, but to wearing the 3D shutter glasses.

Published

2012-10

Content type

Original Research

Keywords

3DTV, viewing conditions, visual fatigue, fatigue evaluation

DOI

10.5594/M001472

ISBN

978-1-61482-952-2