Volumetric Display System Enabling User Interaction
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDavid Alexander Butler, Stephen E. Hodges, Shahram Izadi, Stuart Taylor, Nicolas Villar
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Abstract
A volumetric display system which enables user interaction is described. In an embodiment, the system consists of a volumetric display and an optical system. The volumetric display creates a 3D light field of an object to be displayed and the optical system creates a copy of the 3D light field in a position away from the volumetric display and where a user can interact with the image of the object displayed. In an embodiment, the optical system involves a pair of parabolic mirror portions.
Claims20
A volumetric display system comprising:
- a volumetric display arranged to generate a first light field;
- and
- transformation optics arranged to generate an image of the first light field spatially separated from the first light field.
A volumetric display comprising:
- a projector;
- and
- a diffuser with a directional filter rotatable in front of the projector,
- wherein the projector is arranged to project a sequence of different images onto the diffuser in synchronization with an angle of rotation of the diffuser.
A volumetric display and input system comprising:
- a volumetric display;
- transformation optics comprising a pair of parabolic mirror portions arranged to generate an image of a 3D light field generated by the volumetric display and wherein the image of the 3D light field is spatially separated from the 3D light field generated by the volumetric display;
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- sensing apparatus arranged to detect a user interaction with the generated image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.