BINOCULAR CONFIGURATIONS OF A NIGHT-FLIGHT HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY

Visual configurations for a head-mounted display (HMD) are evaluated w ith binocular asymmetry as the defining characteristic. With such a co nfiguration the optimum compromise between binocular rivalry, weight a nd usefulness of see-through at night is sought. A dichoptic area of i nterest and the addition of a window-frame are shown to be simple and useful aspects of a binocular asymmetric HMD configuration. The dichop tic area of interest combines a large, low-resolution, image in one ey e with a small, high-resolution image in the other. A window-frame act s as a strong fusion lock and improves the visual quality of the binoc ular image for some configurations.