Tile-Based 3D Display Using A Reconfigurable Display Matrix

This paper presents a tile-based truly three-dimensional display system using a reconfigurable display matrix. The display surface is configured into a non-planar, discontinuous, and tile-wise shape according to the scene image’s depth information. Two prewarped scene images are projected onto the display matrix to account for projector occlusion. We describe the projector-based rendering process and introduce the algorithms to model the scene-shaped display surface and create the pre-warped images from the scene image. Our display matrix can be configured into many scenes without building the exact geometric models. By adjusting the tile positions, we can reproduce different scenes on the display matrix. Furthermore, to interactively manipulate the scene, we develop a 16×8 set of linear motion controllers for our display matrix. CR