Seefront Gmbh 2013 Seefront‘S Approach to Glasses-Free 3D

No glasses please!

A short introduction to SeeFront‘s glasses-free 3D technology.

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Let the display wear the 3D glasses!

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A flat-panel display: LCD, OLED, …

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… is equipped with a “3D filter”

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… not functional, yet.

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… not functional, yet…

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… but now.

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Parallax barrier

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Parallax barrier

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Parallax barrier

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Parallax barrier, switched OFF…

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… and switched ON again…

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Perceived resolution Good Number of users 1 Freedom of movement No Number of 3D views 1

Single-view 3D display without freedom of movement

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Another option

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Lenticular array

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Lenticular array

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Lenticular array

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Lenticular array

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Multi-view 3D display with 8 views (schematic)

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Perceived resolution Poor Number of users >1 Freedom of movement Yes Number of 3D views 5-12

Multi-view 3D display with 6 views

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The SeeFront 3D process…

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… adapts to the user‘s change of distance…

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… adapts to the user‘s change of distance…

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Perceived resolution Good Number of users 1 Freedom of movement Yes Number of 3D views 1

… and other changes of position, by use of eye-tracking

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Perceived resolution Good Number of users 1 Freedom of movement Yes Number of 3D views 1

… and other changes of position, by use of eye-tracking

Perceived resolution Good Number of users 1 Freedom of movement Yes Number of 3D views 1

… and other changes of position, by use of eye-tracking

Perceived resolution Good Number of users 1 Freedom of movement Yes Number of 3D views 1

… and other changes of position, by use of eye-tracking

SeeFront 23” display component Sony 3D Panel for selected VAIO laptops with proprietary hardware (based on SeeFront 3D technology)

Sony 3D Panel 15,5‘‘ and 13,3‘‘ SeeFront 3D for Sony Vaio SE-Series Notebooks 23‘‘ Open Frame Display

Product launched at IFA Consumer Electronics Show Shown at SID Display Week 2013 2011

3D Cockpit Cluster Instrument in Mercedes-Benz F 125! Arcade Game Tobii 3D EyeAsteroids™ Research Car Prototype exhibited at CeBIT 2012 Shown at IAA 2011

One optical filter works with different pixel pitches

With SeeFront, in future devices unlimited 3D resolution will be possible

16K

…which only depends on the resolution of the base LCD panel

Highest 3D Quality 3D image quality of a SeeFront display increases in direct proportion to the pixel density of the base panel

Flexibility Versatility 3D can be implemented in > Virtually every 2D panel can software or hardware be transformed into a 3D display > Permanently or reversibly („on demand“)

Freedom of Movement > All SeeFront 3D displays adapt to the user‘s position Freedom of Design in space > In real time and > Adapts to user, purpose electronically and environment > By free choice of display size and viewing distance