Abstract

A new type of light field display is proposed using a head-mounted display (HMD) and a micro structure array (MSA, lens array or pinhole array). Each rendering point emits abundant rays from different directions into the viewer's pupil, and at one time the dense light field is generated inside the exit pupil of the HMD through the eyepiece. Therefore, the proposed method not only solves the problem of accommodation and convergence conflict in a traditional HMD, but also drastically reduces the huge data in real three-dimensional (3D) display. To demonstrate the proposed method, a prototype is developed, which is capable of giving the observer a real perception of depth.

© 2014 Chinese Optics Letters

Hybrid light field head-mounted display using time-multiplexed liquid crystal lens array for resolution enhancement

Ping-Yen Chou, Jui-Yi Wu, Shang-Hao Huang, Chun-Ping Wang, Zong Qin, Cheng-Ting Huang, Po-Yuan Hsieh, Hsin-Hseuh Lee, Ting-Hsuan Lin, and Yi-Pai Huang
Opt. Express 27(2) 1164-1177 (2019)

Wide field-of-view light-field head-mounted display for virtual reality applications

Yasutaka Maeda, Hayato Watanabe, Daiichi Koide, Hisayuki Sasaki, Takuya Handa, Kensuke Hisatomi, and Jun Arai
Opt. Continuum 3(4) 574-588 (2024)

A 3D integral imaging optical see-through head-mounted display

Hong Hua and Bahram Javidi
Opt. Express 22(11) 13484-13491 (2014)

Generalized methods and strategies for modeling and optimizing the optics of 3D head-mounted light field displays

Hekun Huang and Hong Hua
Opt. Express 27(18) 25154-25171 (2019)

High-resolution optical see-through multi-focal-plane head-mounted display using freeform optics

Xinda Hu and Hong Hua
Opt. Express 22(11) 13896-13903 (2014)