Floating image display system

A floating image display system comprising:

• a computing platform including a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), and a system memory storing a software code;
• a display screen controlled by the GPU;
• a privacy screen affixed to a display surface of the display screen;
• a plane mirror facing the display screen at an angle;
• a rotor coupled to the plane mirror, the rotor controlled by the CPU,
• the CPU configured to execute the software code to:
• render a two-dimensional (2D) graphic on the display screen using the GPU;
• and
• spin the plane mirror about an axis perpendicular to the display surface of the display screen at a predetermined spin rate to generate a floating image of the 2D graphic;
• wherein the floating image appears to be a three-dimensional (3D) floating image of the 2D graphic to a user viewing the floating image, and wherein the privacy screen restricts viewing of the display screen outside of a predetermined viewing angle by restricting a number of spatially distinct images presented per unit of time by the display screen to the user.

A floating image display system comprising:

• a computing platform including a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), and a system memory storing a software code;
• a display screen controlled by the GPU;
• a privacy screen affixed to a display surface of the display screen;
• a floating image generation optics including a first plane mirror facing the display screen, a polarizing beam splitter situated between the display screen and the first plane mirror, and a quarter-wave plate situated between the polarizing beam splitter and the first plane mirror;
• the CPU configured to execute the software code to render a two-dimensional (2D) graphic on the display screen using the GPU;
• the floating image generation optics configured to generate a floating image of the 2D graphic rendered on the display screen, wherein the privacy screen restricts viewing of the display screen outside of a predetermined viewing angle by restricting a number of spatially distinct images presented per unit of time by the display screen to the user.