Holo-Television System with a Single Plane

TL;DR

This paper presents a holographic projection system that creates a realistic, plane-based image with continuous parallax, viewable without special equipment, by using a holographically constructed diffractive lens.

Contribution

It introduces a novel holographic system capable of projecting a plane image with continuous parallax on a white-light holographic screen, without volumetric display.

Findings

Achieves continuous parallax viewing without goggles.

Creates a plane image that appears close to volumetric from oblique angles.

Uses a holographically fabricated diffractive lens for projection.

Abstract

We show a system capable of projecting a video scene on a white-light holographic screen to obtain a kind of image that results in a plane in front of the screen. This holographic screen is mainly a diffractive lens and it is constructed by holography. The image plane can be located at any azimuth angle and seen with continuous parallax and without the use of goggles or any special visualization equipment. The image is not volumetric but when the plane is oblique to the observer its appearance looks very close to a real volumetric image.