The Effect of Using Head Mounted Display on Human Eyes.

Hwang, Jeong Min; Lee, Jin Hak; Park, Tae Soo

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1999;40(8):2267-2275.
Published online August 1, 1999.

The Effect of Using Head Mounted Display on Human Eyes.

Jeong Min Hwang, Jin Hak Lee, Tae Soo Park

Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Municipal Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Head Mounted Display의 사용이 사람의 눈에 미치는 영향

황정민(Jeong Min Hwang),이진학(Jin Hak Lee),박태수(Tae Soo Park)

Abstract

In order to investigate the effect of head mounted display (HMD) on the human eye, the authors performed ophthalmologic examination on normal persons, dry eye patients and strabismus patients before and after use of Glastron, i-glasses, LGHMD(PT),LGHMD10 for two hours once or for five consecutive days, respectively. There were no substantial changes in visual acuity, color vision, intraocu-lar pressure, and tear secretion before and after use of HMD. There were transient changes in terms of corneal curvature, refraction, stereopsis, the angle of strabismus, and accommodation. There existed no difference according to the kinds of HMD. In conclusion, there was no permanent ocular changes with use of four kinds of HMD for two hours once or for five consecutive days.

Key Words: Head mounted display;Glastron;i-glasses;LGHMD;Eye