Introduction to Display Science and Technology (3 units). This class examines the fundamentals of 2D and 3D display technology, display performance measurements and evaluation, and current display research areas. Prerequisite:  OPTI 502

Meeting Times: MW 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.

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

• 20% Written homework
• 15% Presentation and Report (Each student is required to give at least one oral presentation based on original research literature and write a report on the topic)
• 25% Exam(s)
• 40% Class Project (Presentation and Report)