Autostereoscopic campfire display

A method of generating a floating image for a passenger within a vehicle, comprising:

• monitoring, with a passenger monitoring system, the position of the passenger's head and eyes;
• calculating, with a compute engine in communication with the passenger monitoring system, a holographic image and encoding the holographic image onto a spatial light modulator (SLM) of a picture generating unit (PGU) hologram generator;
• receiving, with a beam steering device, via the compute engine, information related to a position of the passenger's head and eyes from the passenger monitoring system;
• and
• projecting, with the SLM, the holographic image to the beam steering device, and, re-directing, with the beam steering device, the projected holographic image to the eyes of the passenger, based on the information received from the passenger monitoring system.

A vehicle having a system for generating a floating image for a passenger within the vehicle, the system comprising:

• a passenger monitoring system adapted to monitor the position of the passenger's head and eyes;
• a compute engine in communication with the passenger monitoring system and adapted to:
• calculate a holographic image;
• encode the holographic image onto a spatial light modulator (SLM) of a picture generating unit (PGU) hologram generator;
• and
• encode a lens function into the holographic image based on information received from the passenger monitoring system;
• and a beam steering device, wherein:
• the beam steering device is adapted to receive, via the compute engine, information related to a position of the passenger's head and eyes from the passenger monitoring system;
• and
• the SLM is adapted to project the holographic image to the beam steering device and the beam steering device is adapted to re-direct the projected holographic image to the eyes of the passenger, based on the information received from the passenger monitoring system.