Motion artifacts on 240‐Hz OLED stereoscopic 3D displays

Temporal multiplexing is a popular approach for presenting different images to the two eyes in stereoscopic 3D (S3D) displays. We examined the visibility of flicker and motion artifactsjudder, motion blur, and edge bandingon a 240-Hz temporally multiplexed S3D OLED display. Traditionally, a frame rate of 120Hz (60Hz per eye) is used to avoid visible flicker, but there is evidence that higher frame rates provide visible benefits. In a series of psychophysical experiments, we measured the visibility of artifacts on the OLED display using temporal multiplexing and those of a 60-Hz S3D LCD using spatial multiplexing. We determined the relative contributions of the frame rate of the content, update rate of the display, duty cycle, and number of flashes. We found that short duty cycles and low flash numbers reduce the visibility of motion artifacts, while long duty cycles and high flash numbers reduce flicker visibility.