Samsung Says Curved Displays Are Good for Productivity

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 12 May 2015

The newest and coolest displays are all curved. While some say they’re nothing but a gimmick, others say they’re awesome. What does Samsung have to say about the topic?

It brought out the big guns to point out that curved displays are great for productivity. They reduce strain on the head, neck and eyes, they offer a more immersive and private experience, they help workers focus on getting the job done faster.

Ahead of the Curve, Exploring how a more visually immersive experience can improve productivity” – that’s the name of a report commissioned by Samsung UK and the University of Leeds.

Now, we all know that offices are full of distractions and that these distractions have a negative impact on productivity. The report mentioned above presents numbers to put things in perspective.

Office workers in the UK:
  • Are unproductive for 70 days of the year.
  • Spend a week doing 3.6 days’ worth of work.
  • Are interrupted every 22 minutes on average when working on a task.

Curved displays, says the report, can help office workers be more productive. Choosing the right monitor is important, especially when you factor in that adults in Britain spend an average of 9 hours a day looking at a screen – that’s a lot of strain on the head, neck, and eyes. But Samsung’s curved displays are designed to reduce strain on the head, neck and the eyes.

The report uncovered that only 38% of office workers in the UK have a dual-monitor setup. While it may seem a good idea to have two monitors attached to a PC, it may be a better idea to have a single, larger display. By using a larger display, the worker can efficiently arrange windows on the screen, can better focus on data-intensive tasks, and can get them done in less time.

If that larger display is curved, it provides a more immersive and more private experience. When the worker has more privacy, he is less stressed – and a less stressed worker is a more efficient worker.

“Curved displays not only mean that fewer head and neck movements are required to read information, but by following the natural curve of the human eye, they offer a more private, comfortable, and immersive experience to help maintain productivity. Office workers can organise their on-screen information better, making it easier to read, which researchers believe will lead to a greater level of worker satisfaction. So there’s no better time to change and be ahead of the curve,” says Graham Long, Vice President, Samsung Enterprise Business Team, in the report’s conclusion.

You can read the whole report here.

The report’s executive summary is presented below.




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