Light-on-dark color schemes, so-called “Dark Mode,” are becoming more and more popular over a wide range of display technologies and application fields. Many people who have to look at computer screens for hours at a time, such as computer programmers and computer graphics artists, indicate a preference for switching colors on a computer screen from dark text on a light background to light text on a dark background due to perceived advantages related to visual comfort and acuity, specifically when working in low-light environments. In this article, we investigate the effects of dark mode color schemes in the field of optical see-through head-mounted displays (OST-HMDs), where the characteristic “additive” light model implies that bright graphics are visible but dark graphics are transparent . We describe two human-subject studies in which we evaluated a normal and inverted color mode in front of different physical backgrounds and different lighting conditions. Our results indicate that dark mode graphics displayed on the HoloLens have significant benefits for visual acuity and usability, while user preferences depend largely on the lighting in the physical environment. We discuss the implications of these effects on user interfaces and applications.

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光学透视头戴式显示器中暗模式用户界面优势的扩展分析

明暗配色方案，即所谓的“暗模式”，在广泛的显示技术和应用领域中变得越来越流行。许多不得不一次看电脑屏幕几个小时的人，例如计算机程序员和计算机图形艺术家，表示偏好将计算机屏幕上的颜色从浅色背景上的深色文本切换到深色背景上的浅色文本，因为与视觉舒适度和敏锐度相关的感知优势，特别是在弱光环境下工作时。在本文中，我们研究了暗模式配色方案在光学透视头戴式显示器 (OST-HMD) 领域的影响，其中特有的“加法”光模型意味着明亮的图形是可见的但深色图形是透明. 我们描述了两项人体研究，其中我们在不同的物理背景和不同的照明条件下评估了正常和反色模式。我们的结果表明，在 HoloLens 上显示的暗模式图形对视力和可用性有显着的好处，而用户的偏好在很大程度上取决于物理环境中的照明。我们讨论了这些影响对用户界面和应用程序的影响。