High-performance integral-imaging-based light field augmented reality display using freeform optics

Date Published: May 7, 2019

Hong Hua's 3-D Visualization and Imaging Systems Laboratory has developed a new integral-imaging-based light field augmented-reality display. This achieves a wide see-through view and high image quality over a large depth range using custom-designed freeform optics and a tunable lens and aperature array. This research creates a compact design for a head-mounted-display that offers a true 3D display. 

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(a) The image of bench-top prototype with a quarter coin; (b) the 3D model of the binocular system worn on human head; and (c) the photograph of an integrated binocular prototype.

(a) The image of bench-top prototype with a quarter coin; (b) the 3D model of the binocular system worn on human head; and (c) the photograph of an integrated binocular prototype.