Comparative analysis on light field reconstruction characteristics of autostereoscopic three-dimensional display technologies

Abstract

Multi-view technique, integral imaging, and holography are major techniques of autostereoscopic three-dimensional displays. In this presentation, we provide a comparative analysis on image characteristics of these autostereoscopic three-dimensional displays. Due to different optical configuration and light source coherency, these techniques reconstruct the desired light field with different spatial and angular sampling, which eventually affects the image quality and viewing limitations. By analyzing light field reconstructed by three techniques, it is expected that not only image characteristics of individual technique can be understood but also optimum technique for a given application can be identified. © 2012 SPIE.