OPTI 588

8/07
 

Opti 588. Introduction to Display Science & Technology I (3).  This class examines the fundamentals of 2D and 3D display technology, display performance measurements and evaluation, and current display research areas. P. Opti 502

Course outline:

  • Introduction
    • How applications have been driving display developments?

    • Evolution of display technology
       

  • Human visual systems and human factors associated with displays
    • Eye anatomy and eye optics
    • Visual performance
    • Models of visual performance and photometry
    • Visual perception
       
  • Color vision and colorimetry
    • Color vision basics
    • Color matching experiments and color matching functions
    • Color systems and spaces
    • Colorimetry
       
  • 2D display technology and operation
    • Display system interfaces
    • CRT displays
    • Flat panel displays
    • Projection systems
    • New display technologies: High-dynamic range displays, Enriched color displays, etc
       
  • Metrology: display performance evaluation and calibration
    • General principles of display evaluation
    • Evaluation of 2D displays
    • Color management and calibration
       
  • 3D display technology
    • Binocular vision and perception basics
    • 3D display principles and techniques
    • head-mounted displays
    • Spatially immersive displays
    • Auto-stereoscopic displays
    • Volumetric displays
    • Human factors associated with 3D displays
    • 3D display evaluations
       
  • 3D display interface and applications (if time allows)
    • Quick introduction to 3D graphics
    • Introduction to virtual and augmented reality
    • Application examples

Grading:

·         Written homework: 20%

·         Presentation and report:     15%

(Each student is required to give at least one oral presentation based on original research literature and write a report on the topic)

·         Exams (one term exam, no final exam):   25%

·         Class project: (project presentation and report): 40%