《View-Dependent Displays and the Space of Light Fields》.pdf

View-Dependent Displays and the Space of Light Fields Roarke Horstmeyer Se Baek Oh Ramesh Raskar MIT Media Lab MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering MIT Media Lab 0 1 0 2 l u J Figure 1: Parallax barriers and holograms are two forms of view-dependent display that are typically considered under distinct physical interpretations, but actually consist of similar underlying features. (left) A parallax barrier image comprised of different discrete tiles of 0 3 angular content (center-bottom) are usually explained by treating light as a ray. By illuminating one discrete patch of a hologram at a time and recording the resulting images (center-top), we describe a hologram in light 铿乪ld terminologies commonly applied to parallax displays. ] In this paper, we develop a framework to explain these similarities and then apply it to the creation of novel display forms. s c i Abstract brings the two forms of display under a common framework, and t p will explore what is possible at their intersection. o In this paper we explore how light propagates from thin elements s. into a volume for viewing. In particular, devices that are typi- Parallax barriers, which are conceptually similar to lenticular ar- c cally connected with geometric optics, like parallax barriers, differ rays, are used to deliver the appearance of a three-dimensional im- i in treatment with those that obey physical optics, like holograms. age from a screen to a user without the need of special glasses. s y However, the two concepts are often used to achieve th