Approximated super multi-view head-mounted display to reduce visual fatigue.

To reduce the visual fatigue of the head-mounted displays, we propose an approximated super multi-view technique in which multiple viewpoints are generated two-dimensionally with an interval smaller than the pupil diameter using the time multiplexing technique, and left and right virtual images are two-dimensionally shifted in synchronization with the viewpoint generation. The proposed technique enlarges the depth of field of eyes to provide the accommodation-invariant feature so that the vergence-accommodation conflict is mitigated. We constructed an experimental system by using two LED arrays for the viewpoint generation and one LCD panel vibrated by two stepping motors. The proposed technique was then experimentally validated.

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