A family of single-user autostereoscopic displays with head-tracking capabilities

Author

Borner, Reinhard ; Duckstein, Bernd ; Machui, Oliver ; Röder, Hans ; Sinnig, Thomas ; Sikora, Thomas

Author_Institution

Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. for Commun. Technol., Berlin, Germany

Volume

10

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

234

Lastpage

243

Abstract

We present prototypes of autostereoscopic displays which allow single users to experience stereoscopic vision without the need for special eye glasses or helmet-mounted displays. The design of the displays is based on lenticular raster plates and includes a number of novel concepts for tracking of raster plates or projection lenses to account for changes of the viewers position in front of the screen. Applications envisioned include 3-D multimedia desktop visualization for medical and biological imaging, design, and architecture, as well as computer games and 3-D virtual reality in general. Concepts and results for both high-resolution flat liquid-crystal panel monitors for PC desktop applications as well as large screen high resolution displays using rear-projection technology are discussed

Keywords

computer displays; computer games; flat panel displays; image resolution; large screen displays; liquid crystal displays; multimedia communication; three-dimensional displays; tracking; virtual reality; visual perception; 3D multimedia desktop visualization; 3D virtual reality; PC desktop applications; architecture; biological imaging; computer games; flat liquid-crystal panel monitors; head-tracking; high-resolution monitors; large screen high resolution displays; lenticular raster plates; medical imaging; projection lenses; raster plates tracking; rear-projection technology; screen; single-user autostereoscopic displays; stereoscopic vision; viewers position; Application software; Biomedical imaging; Computer displays; Glass; High-resolution imaging; Lenses; Liquid crystal displays; Optical design; Prototypes; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8215

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/76.825723

Filename

825723