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VR Comes with an Age Restriction

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent interview with Re/Code, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe spoke about the age restriction they are putting on their VR headsets. The firm suggests usage of its headsets only for children of 13 …

Samsung Studies How UHD Affects Viewers’ Brains

by Bob Raikes

Samsung commissioned a study by Mindlab International at the Sussex Innovation Centre in the UK that appears to have shown that UltraHD images are measurably “more immersive” than HD content (although sound was also …

McCarthy Describes How Human Vision Perception is Impacted by “Better Pixels”

by Chris Chinnock

The concept of better pixels means expanding the frame rates, color gamut, resolution and dynamic range of HD video to something “more.” But the human visual system is very complex and as these features …

Tags:Human Visual System (HVS)| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Reprising Low-Contrast Text Web Pages

by Phillip Wright

A while back I wrote in Display Daily about an article by Katie Sherwin of the Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) titled Low-Contrast Text is Not the Answer. As I mentioned at the time, the …

Tags:display quality| Human Visual System (HVS)| Vol 22 - Issue 36

VR Versus VA

by Norbert Hildebrand

VR here, VR there, we are everywhere. When we look at the recent technology events, it seems that there is no discussion of display technology and use of electronic displays without the mentioning of …

Tags:Human Visual System (HVS)| Virtual Displays| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 28