1000 X Difference Between Current Displays and Capability of Human Visual System: Payoff Potential for Affordable Defense Systems

Abstract

Displays were invented just in the last century. The human visual system evolved over millions of years. The disparity between the natural world display and that sampled by year 2000 technology is more than a factor of one million. Over 1000X of this disparity between the fidelity of current electronic displays and human visual capacity is in 2D resolution alone. Then there is true 3D, which adds an additional factor of over 1000X. The present paper focuses just on the 2D portion of this grand technology challenge. Should a significant portion of this gap be closed, say just 10X by 2010, display technology can help drive a revolution in military affairs. Warfighter productivity must grow dramatically, and improved display technology systems can create a critical opportunity to increase defense capability while decreasing crew sizes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA430165

Entities

People

  • Darrel G. Hopper

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computers
  • Display Systems
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flat Panel Displays
  • High Definition Television
  • Light Emitting Diodes
  • Liquid Crystal Displays
  • Liquid Crystals
  • Mobile Devices
  • Organic Light Emitting Diodes
  • Productivity
  • Synthetic Vision Systems
  • Tactical Aircraft

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics