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3D television: Developing a multi‐modal multi‐viewer TV system of the future
Author(s) -
Surman Phil,
Sexton Ian,
Bates Richard,
Lee Wing Kai,
Yow Kam Chaun
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of the society for information display
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1938-3657
pISSN - 1071-0922
DOI - 10.1889/1.1811437
Subject(s) - eyewear , backlight , computer science , modal , computer graphics (images) , liquid crystal display , mode (computer interface) , space (punctuation) , multimedia , human–computer interaction , optics , physics , chemistry , polymer chemistry , operating system
Abstract— Under the European Union funded Advanced Three‐dimensional Television System Technologies (ATTEST) project, De Montfort University (DMU) is developing a 3D display system targeted specifically at domestic television applications. This system uses a modified transmissive LCD panel together with novel backlighting and optics to project multiple viewing regions, or exit pupils, into the viewing space. These exit pupils are located in space using a head tracker. The display accommodates multiple viewers simultaneously and imposes no physical constraints, such as special eyewear. Viewers may move freely over a “typical” room‐sized area. The design of the backlighting facilitates many other display regimes beyond the “standard” 3DTV mode in which each viewer sees the same image pair.