IDENTIFICATION OF SUBJECTIVE VARIABLES FOR PREDICTING VISUAL COMFORT FOR COMPUTER USERS IN DAY-LIT OFFICES IN SEMIARID CLIMATE OF NIGERIA

Abstract

By default, humans, through physiological mechanisms, psychological responses and behavioural adjustments strive to attain visual comfort wherever they live. Both the physiological, psychological and behavioural traits have been used to predict visual comfort. Predicting subjective visual comfort in day-lit spaces involves the use of many variables that are interrelated in many ways. Choosing the relevant variables with the most controlling influences is always a challenge. This study reviewed 55 papers to identify existing variables that professional bodies recommend and scholar used in their studies for the prediction of subjective visual comfort. The study found out that variables that have direct influences on both the physiological and psychological wellbeing of the individual exert the most influence on human visual system.