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Introduction to Human Factors of Stereoscopic 3D Displays

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This book presents a discussion of some of the fundamental human factors issues related to stereoscopic 3D displays. These issues determine how stereoscopic displays can be designed so they interface well with the human binocular visual system. In presenting this discussion, the idea embraced is that knowledge of the human binocular visual system is important when designing stereo 3D display systems.

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Patterson, R.E. (2015). Introduction to Human Factors of Stereoscopic 3D Displays. In: Human Factors of Stereoscopic 3D Displays. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6651-1_1

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