3D Displays (PDF)

This book addresses electrical engineers, physicists, designers of
flat panel displays (FDPs), students and also scientists from other
disciplines interested in understanding the various 3D
technologies. A timely guide is provided to the present status of
development in 3D display technologies, ready to be commercialized
as well as to future technologies.

Having presented the physiology of 3D perception, the book
progresses to a detailed discussion of the five 3D technologies:
stereoscopic and autostereoscopic displays; integral imaging;
holography and volumetric displays, and:

* Introduces spatial and temporal multiplex for the two views
needed for stereoscopic and autostereoscopic displays;

* Outlines dominant components such as retarders for stereoscopic
displays, and fixed as well as adjustable lenticular lenses and
parallax barriers for auto- stereoscopic displays;

* Examines the high speed required for 240 Hz frames provided by
parallel addressing and the recently proposed interleaved
image processing;

* Explains integral imaging, a true 3D system, based on the known
lenticulars which is explored up to the level of a 3D video
projector using real and virtual images;

* Renders holographic 3D easier to understand by using phasors
known from electrical engineering and optics leading up to digital
computer generated holograms;

* Shows volumetric displays to be limited by the number of
stacked FPDs; and,

* Presents algorithms stemming from computer science to assess 3D
image quality and to allow for bandwidth saving transmission of 3D
TV signals.

The Society for Information Display (SID) is an international
society, which has the aim of encouraging the development of all
aspects of the field of information display. Complementary to the
aims of the society, the Wiley-SID series is intended to explain
the latest developments in information display technology at a
professional level. The broad scope of the series addresses all
facets of information displays from technical aspects through
systems and prototypes to standards and ergonomics