Abstract
Since three-dimensional (3-D) imaging based on the integral method forms optical images in a space, it can reproduce the same condition as viewers watching real objects. Viewers do not need to wear special viewing glasses, and also the method does not produce contradiction between convergence and accommodation for the human eye. Further, viewers can observe images corresponding to their position, horizontally and vertically. One specific characteristic of the method is that a natural light source, not coherent light, is used during capturing and displaying. Therefore, the method is considered to be one of the ideal 3-D imaging methods. The authors have developed an experimental real-time system that uses an extremely high resolution video system, and have verified the possibility of the 3-D television system, as described in this paper.
