Highly Realistic 3D Display System for Space Composition Telecommunication

In this paper, we describe a highly realistic 3D display system that generates composites of current and remote places for telecommunication purposes. It uses a 3D projector and head tracking to display a person in a remote place as a life-size stereoscopic image against background scenery. Since it generates displayed images that correspond to the observer´s viewing position, it reproduces well the fidelity of existence and the feel of materials. We also describe a simple, fast, and high quality background scenery generation method, the development of which was inspired by the visual effects of depth-fused 3D (DFD) displays, and applied to a single direction conceptual demonstration system. Our system is a promising means for achieving real-time communication between two different places in cases where a sense of reality is required.