Effects of VDT resolution on visual fatigue and readability: an eye movement approach.

The effects of VDT resolution on visual fatigue and readability were studied. Two kinds of displays with different resolutions (1664 x 1200 pixels and 720 x 350 pixels) and fonts were used. In the first experiment, the subjects read from each display for 1 h to induce fatigue. Reading speed and blink rate while reading were measured. Eye movements during visual smooth pursuit tracking tasks were studied before and after reading; quantitative scoring of eye movement performance showed no significant changes. In the second experiment, readability tests with three different character sizes on both displays were conducted and resulting reading eye movements were analysed. For readability of sufficiently large characters, no significant difference between the high and the standard VDT could be detected. However, for very small characters, higher resolution improved readability.

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