Cutting Edge 3D Display Technology Optical Hardware
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Cutting Edge 3D Display Technology Optical Hardware Jukka-Tapani Mäkinen | 3/2017 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 3D Display and Rendering Technology will play a pivotal role in powering Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, VR Devices and Experiences. The purpose of this report is to collect the State of Art (SoA) optical hardware currently used in the feld of 3D display technology. The frst part of the document presents some basic background information on the human visual perception and its effects to the 3D display technologies. The second part lists existing 3D display types and briefy explains the optical hardware used in them. The third part of the document is focused on emerging 3D display optical hardware technologies with main emphasis on Light Field (LF) and Holographic techniques. InterDigital.com About InterDigital lnterDigital, Inc., designs and develops advanced technologies that enable and enhance mobile communications and capabilities. 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InterDigital | Goggleless AR & VR Project 2 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Defnition of a perfect 3D display ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Depth perception and depth ques .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Human visual perception ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.3.1 Vergence-accommodation confict (VAC) .............................................................................................................................................. 8 1.3.2 Vestibular-visual confict (motion sickness) ........................................................................................................................................... 9 1.4 Classifcation of 3D display solutions ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.4.1 Differences between head mounted and goggleless 3D solutions ............................................................................................ 10 1.4.2 Single user vs. multiple users ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10 1.4.3 3D display types with different form-factors ......................................................................................................................................... 11 2. AR and VR systems with glasses ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Head-mounted devices ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 2.1.1 Immersive VR systems ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.1.2 Smart glasses ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 2.1.3 Retinal projection displays .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15 2.1.4 See-through displays ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 2.1.5 Advanced AR goggles: HoloLens and Magic Leap ............................................................................................................................ 17 2.1.6 Display based on sparse OLED matrix ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 2.1.7 Displays based on contact lenses ............................................................................................................................................................... 18 2.2 Multiplexed systems with single display ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 2.2.1 Spatially multiplexed systems ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 2.2.2 Temporally multiplexed systems ................................................................................................................................................................. 21 3. Goggles-free 3D displays ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 3.1 Parallax-based systems............................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 3.1.1 Parallax barriers ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 3.1.2 3D multiview displays based on moving parallax barriers ............................................................................................................. 23 3.1.3 Lenticular sheets ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 3.1.4 3D multiview displays made with multiple projectors ..................................................................................................................... 25 3.1.5 Moving lenticular and LC lenses ................................................................................................................................................................ 26 3.1.6 Directional backlight displays ...................................................................................................................................................................... 27 3.2 Volumetric displays ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 3.2.1 Persistence of vision displays...................................................................................................................................................................... 28 3.2.2 Multi-planar systems ......................................................................................................................................................................................