Exploring crosstalk perception for stereoscopic 3D head‐up displays in a crosstalk simulator

Abstract

In today's upper class vehicles, head-up displays (HUDs) are state of the art human-machine interfaces used to increase driving security and comfort. Working with a stereoscopically perceived viewing impression, a novel automotive 3D HUD would allow the simultaneous visualization of multiple contents in various depth planes. However, stereoscopic crosstalk is one of the most important parameters influencing the image quality of stereoscopic systems. We present a setup to simulate crosstalk including a specific software solution. It constitutes a platform to explore the effects of stereoscopic crosstalk in the augmented reality viewing conditions of a 3D HUD. As the setup allows the variation of numerous parameters, it provides a versatile research platform. By means of it, we investigate the variation of the visibility and acceptability thresholds of crosstalk over various parameters. Our results include the finding that they decrease with rising contrast affirming this behavior known for conventional stereoscopic displays for stereoscopic see-through displays

The Application of Augmented Reality in the Automotive Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

“…In this subcategory we have included 26.31% of the total number of studies from the 'in-car' AR systems category. New methods for tracking registration [61], crosstalk perception simulation [62], head-pose tracking [63], ghost image elimination [64] and efficient lossless compression [65] are proposed in these papers.…”

“…methods for tracking registration [61], crosstalk perception simulation [62], head-pose tracking [63], ghost image elimination [64] and efficient lossless compression [65] are proposed in these papers.…”

Visual acuity response when using the 3D head-up display in the presence of an accommodation-convergence conflict

“…The optical-collimation-based HUDs are still widely used in aircrafts, the military, and the automotive industry. An alternative way to provide such viewing effect is to use the stereoscopic simulated optical collimation technique [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Simulated collimation is based on the amount of parallax between stereo views.…”

“…Holographicoptical-elements-based HUDs have also been demonstrated to provide an asymmetric FOV [2]. On the other hand, the development of three-dimensional (3D) HUDs is usually limited to lenticular-screenbased multi-view displays [3] wavelength-division-multiplexed systems [4], and transparent-screen-based stereo 3D HUDs [5,6].…”