Integrated near-far light field display systems

A light field processor included in an integrated light field display system, the light field processor comprising:

• a communication interface for receiving visual interaction information from a first light field display element worn by a viewer and receiving position and orientation information from the first light field display element and a second light field display element;
• one or more processors;
• one or more memory devices coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memory devices storing instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
• computing three-dimensional coordinates indicating the position and the orientation of the first and second light field display elements based on the received position and orientation information;
• computing a light field contribution of each of the first and second light field display elements to a collective light field volume using the coordinates indicating the position and the orientation of the first and second light field display elements, wherein the collective light field volume comprises a predetermined set of optical performance light field characteristics;
• determining a portion of the collective light field volume on which the viewer is focused based on the received visual interaction information;
• determining whether the portion of the collective light field volume on which the viewer is focused should be displayed by the first light field display element or the second light field display element based on the visual interaction information and the coordinates indicating the position and orientation of the first and second light field display elements;
• and
• providing light field data for the portion of the collective light field volume on which the viewer is focused to the first light field display element or the second light field display element based on the determination of whether the portion should be displayed by the first light field display element or the second light field display element.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the following method for integrated light field display, the method comprising:

• receiving visual interaction information from a first light field display element worn by a viewer;
• receiving position and orientation information from the first light field display element and a second light field display element;
• computing three-dimensional coordinates indicating the position and the orientation of the first and second light field display elements based on the received position and orientation information;
• computing a light field contribution of each of the first and second light field display elements to a collective light field volume using the coordinates indicating the position and the orientation of the first and second light field display elements, wherein the collective light field volume comprises a predetermined set of optical performance light field characteristics;
• determining a portion of the collective light field volume on which the viewer is focused based on the received visual interaction information;
• determining whether the portion of the collective light field volume on which the viewer is focused should be displayed by the first light field display element or the second light field display element based on the visual interaction information and the coordinates indicating the position and orientation of the first and second light field display elements;
• and
• providing light field data for the portion of the collective light field volume on which the viewer is focused to the first light field display element or the second light field display element based on the determination of whether the portion should be displayed by the first light field display element or the second light field display element.