Rendering wide color gamut, two-dimensional (2D) images on three-dimensional (3D) capable displays

A method for displaying image data, the method comprising:

• receiving 2D video data;
• generating, from the video data, a first plurality of intensity values of virtual primaries of a first virtual color gamut and a second plurality of intensity values of virtual primaries of a second virtual color gamut, the first plurality of intensity values of the first virtual color gamut being below a luminance threshold and approximating a predefined color gamut and the second plurality of intensity values being above the luminance threshold;
• converting the first plurality of intensity values and the second plurality of intensity values into a third plurality of intensity values of predefined primaries of a first projection head of a display system, and converting the first plurality of intensity values and the second plurality of intensity values into a fourth plurality of intensity values of predefined primaries of a second projection head of the display system;
• clipping at least one negative value of the third plurality of intensity values and/or at least one negative value of the fourth plurality of intensity values;
• and
• dynamically adjusting pixel levels of at least one spatial modulator of the first projection head and the second projection head of the display system based on the third plurality of intensity values and the fourth plurality of intensity values.