The invention relates to optical artifact mitigation and content display enhancement. Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for presenting content items (e.g., movies, television programs, homemade videos, etc.) on an electronic device, such as an HMD. Some implementations adjust content being displayed by an electronic device to mitigate
optical module-based artifacts (e.g., ghosts). For example, in an HMD with a reflective
refractive lens, the specular layer may leak some light, resulting in
ghosting artifacts, which may be mitigated by adjusting brightness,
dynamic range, contrast, light spillover, color, etc. Some implementations utilize content item
perception-based adjustments (e.g., adjustments based on peak brightness of a scene in a movie being displayed within an
augmented reality (XR) environment, etc.). Some implementations provide adjustments based on
environmental perception (e.g., how dark ambient or transparent environment is) and / or
optical module modeling. These adjustments may alter a particular content item and / or an environment in which the content item is presented.