An optically compensated in-plane-switching-mode TFT-LCD panel was developed. The panel has an optical compensation film between a liquid crystal layer and a polarizer, and shows a significantly highcontrast viewing angle, good gray-scale capability, small color shift, and a large tolerance for cell gap non-uniformity compared with a conventional inplane-switching-mode LCD.

This study aims to develop a novel in‐plane switching liquid crystal display with a fast response time, known as short‐range lurch control in‐plane switching (SLC‐IPS) mode. We found that the distance l, which is orthogonal to the liquid crystal layer thickness, affects the response properties of the liquid crystal display mode. The distance l was obtained using a simple electrode structure. The SLC‐IPS obtained by this structure exhibits a response that is approximately three times faster than that of a conventional IPS. We applied the SLC‐IPS to virtual reality head‐mounted displays and confirmed that its response properties satisfy the requirements for moving picture quality.

The fast response LCD is necessary for high-definition and high-refresh rate virtual-reality head mounted displays. In this study, fast-response properties were achieved by SLC-IPS. High transmittance and stable switching were obtained using a oneside branch structure with small irregularities in the electrode.

We propose to apply short‐range lurch control in‐plane switching (SLC‐IPS) as a fast response liquid crystal display (LCD) mode to virtual reality applications, where fast response times and high resolutions are essential. In this study, we discuss the SLC‐IPS electrode structure optimized for high‐resolution virtual reality applications. To maintain transmittance at high resolutions, we developed a one‐sided branch electrode structure with convex parts. The issue of slow response times can be resolved using the convex part of the electrode structure by analyzing the imaginary boundaries characterizing the SLC‐IPS. Thus, a response time of less than 2.2 ms can be obtained over all tones using a 1001‐ppi high‐resolution SLC‐IPS LCD.

We discuss the moving picture characteristics of display devices required for virtual reality head‐mounted displays (VR‐HMDs). We propose a fast response in‐plane switching (IPS) liquid crystal display (LCD) mode, called the short‐range lurch control IPS (SLC‐IPS) LCD mode, for VR‐HMDs based on experimental results of its response properties.