Visual stabilization system for head-mounted displays

A system for generating and implementing visual stabilizers that serve as visual cues for a user of a binocular head-mounted device and that allow digital content to be more easily visually fused by the user, thereby decreasing eye fatigue experienced by the user over time, the system comprising:

• a processor communicatively coupled to an image display system of a head-mounted device and a memory, the processor operable to execute instructions stored in the memory;
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• the memory, which includes specific instructions for generating visual stabilizers that are presented within digital content viewable by a user on a first optical display surface and a second optical display surface of the head-mounted device, wherein the specific instructions cause the processor to:
• generate a first visual stabilizer that is a first digital representation of at least part of a geometric shape;
• integrate the first visual stabilizer into a first digital image to form a first composite image, the first composite image to be shown to one of the user's eyes;
• cause the first composite image to be presented on the first optical display surface;
• generate a second visual stabilizer that is a second digital representation of at least part of the geometric shape;
• integrate the second visual stabilizer into a second digital image to form a second composite image, the second composite image to be shown to the user's other eye;
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• cause the second composite image to be presented on the second optical display surface,
• where the first and second visual stabilizers are positioned within the first and second composite images, respectively, so that the first and second visual stabilizers substantially overlay one another when simultaneously viewed by the user, thereby decreasing an effort required to visually fuse the first and second composite images together.