FELIX: a volumetric 3D laser display

Detlef Bahr; Knut Langhans; Martin Gerken; Carsten Vogt; Daniel Bezecny; Dennis Homann

doi:10.1117/12.237011

29 March 1996 FELIX: a volumetric 3D laser display

Detlef Bahr, Knut Langhans, Martin Gerken, Carsten Vogt, Daniel Bezecny, Dennis Homann

Proceedings Volume 2650, Projection Displays II; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237011
Event: Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, an innovative approach of a true 3D image presentation in a space filling, volumetric laser display will be described. The introduced prototype system is based on a moving target screen that sweeps the display volume. Net result is the optical equivalent of a 3D array of image points illuminated to form a model of the object which occupies a physical space. Wireframe graphics are presented within the display volume which a group of people can walk around and examine simultaneously from nearly any orientation and without any visual aids. Further to the detailed vector scanning mode, a raster scanned system and a combination of both techniques are under development. The volumetric 3D laser display technology for true reproduction of spatial images can tremendously improve the viewers ability to interpret data and to reliably determine distance, shape and orientation. Possible applications for this development range from air traffic control, where moving blips of light represent individual aircrafts in a true to scale projected airspace of an airport, to various medical applications (e.g. electrocardiography, computer-tomography), to entertainment and education visualization as well as imaging in the field of engineering and Computer Aided Design.

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Detlef Bahr, Knut Langhans, Martin Gerken, Carsten Vogt, Daniel Bezecny, and Dennis Homann "FELIX: a volumetric 3D laser display", Proc. SPIE 2650, Projection Displays II, (29 March 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237011

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