Example summary diagram.

Hi everyone, I’m requesting that radar can be on the left or right side, and I have a writeup here on monitor ergonomics with a simple experiment you can do at home to see why it’s recommended.

So I would like to request for Radar to be able to be set to the right side or the left side, so users could place the radar closer to their dominate eye. A quick google search reveals 67% of the population have a dominant right eye. The radar is small and full of important details that need to be quickly checked and analyzed. My hypothesis is a person can more quickly analyze radar with their dominate eye over their non-dominate eye.

Referencing the example summary diagram, when the right eye is looking at an object that is off center to the left, it must rotate more than the left eye to look at the same point because the right eye is a further distance away from the object than the left eye.

Jumping now to ergonomics, eye strain and fatigue is increased when the monitor is placed in a non-ergonomic position. You can test this yourself by holding your gaze on a point that is above your eyeline. Within a few seconds, you can feel the muscles in your eyes contracting to hold that elevated position. Now relax your eyes for 5-10 seconds, then look at a point that is below your eyeline and notice how your eye muscles feel relaxed and comfortable. I think it has to do with the shape of the eye and where the muscles are attached, it’s harder for the muscles to push down against gravity to tilt the eye up.

Adding these two concepts together, say you are right eye dominate, and the radar is on the left and above your eyeline. Your right eye must move a greater distance than the left eye to see the radar while also at the same time holding your gaze above your eyeline. Your right eye is getting a serious workout every time you look at the radar. For this reason, I hypothesize right eye dominate players look at radar less and miss more details than left eye dominate players.

Thanks for reading! I hope this is helpful, and maybe we can get this feature added to Valorant!