Ribera

Ribera, Extending Image Quality Metrics to Head-Mounted Displays

Abstract

The wide field of view in head-mounted displays implies that most of the content shown by the display appears at high eccentricities. However, most image quality metrics assume that the image is viewed by the fovea, where the human visual system presents its highest acuity. In this project, we extend an image quality metric based on ISETBIO to wide field of views. We apply publicly available measurements of the Optical Transfer Function of the human cornea and lens at different eccentricities. In this manner, our Delta E error map becomes eccentricity-dependent. After incorporating more accurate OTF models to our method, we expect to use this image quality metric as a tool to design newer displays technologies that take advantage of the loss of acuity in higher eccentricities.

Introduction

Head-mounted displays are pushing the display specifications (e.g, resolution or refresh rate) much beyond those of traditional displays. One of the reasons is the need to cover a huge field of view with a higher pixel density, since the resolvable pixel size at such close distances is much smaller.

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