Holographic 3DTV Research within the European 3DTV Project

Abstract

A European project on 3DTV has been functional since September 2004. Holographic displays for 3DTV and signal processing issues associated with diffraction and holography are among research interests. The research has already generated interesting results.

3DTV rendering from multiple cameras

“…Having defined the data, efficient compression and coding is the next block in the 3D video processing chain. There are many different data compression techniques corresponding to different data representations, [6]. For example, there are different techniques for 3D meshed, depth data etc.…”

“…The display is the last, but definitely not least, significant aspect in the chain of 3D vision. The display is the most visible aspect of the 3DTV and is probably the one by which the general public will judge its success, [6]. Two main categories of 3D displays are available, those which imply personal specialized 3D headgear and those which do not (autostereoscopic displays) [7].…”