TWISTER: an immersive autostereoscopic display

Author

Tanaka, Kenji ; Hayashi, Junya ; Inami, Masahiko ; Tachi, Susumu

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

27-31 March 2004

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

278

Abstract

This paper describes in detail the design, development, and evaluation of the TWISTER III (Telexistence Wide-angle Immersive STEReoscope) and demonstrates how this system can display immersive three-dimensional full-color and live motion pictures without the need for special eye-wear. The device works as a cylindrical display by rotating 30 display units around an observer and presenting time-varying patterns, while immersive autostereoscopic vision is achieved by employing a "rotating parallax barrier" method. After explaining the principle, we discuss the designs and implementations for maximum performance in various aspects of the display. We also evaluate the display.

Keywords

computer displays; computer graphic equipment; computer graphics; stereo image processing; three-dimensional displays; autostereoscopic vision; cylindrical display; immersive 3D full-color motion pictures; immersive autostereoscopic display; live motion pictures; rotating parallax barrier; special eyewear; telexistence wide-angle immersive stereoscope; time-varying patterns; Computer displays; Holographic optical components; Holography; Information science; Light emitting diodes; Motion pictures; Optical arrays; Optical sensors; Three dimensional displays; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality, 2004. Proceedings. IEEE

ISSN

1087-8270

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8415-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2004.1310056

Filename

1310056