We developed an autostereoscopic display for distant viewing of 3D computer graphics (CG) images without using special viewing glasses or tracking devices. The images are created by employing referential viewing area-based CG image generation and pixel distribution algorithm for integral photography (IP) and integral videography (IV) imaging. CG image rendering is used to generate IP/IV elemental images. The images can be viewed from each viewpoint within a referential viewing area and the elemental images are reconstructed from rendered CG images by pixel redistribution and compensation method. The elemental images are projected onto a screen that is placed at the same referential viewing distance from the lens array as in the image rendering. Photographic film is used to record the elemental images through each lens. The method enables 3D images with a long visualization depth to be viewed from relatively long distances without any apparent influence from deviated or distorted lenses in the array. We succeeded in creating an actual autostereoscopic images with an image depth of several meters in front of and behind the display that appear to have 3D even when viewed from a distance.

three-dimensional (3D) computer graphics (CG) image without using special viewing glasses or tracking devices. The images are created by employing a light field rendering and pixel distribution algorithm for integral photography (IP) / integral videography (IV) imaging. How to enhance the image depth, especial the long visualization depth, is a challenge work. In this study, the images are rendered from a referential viewing area for each viewpoint and the elemental images are reconstructed by pixel redistribution method. The corresponding result images are projected to a screen that is separated from the lens array by a referential viewing distance as the setting of image rendering. A photographic film is used to record the elemental image through each lens with a photograph-taken method. Our photograph-taken based IV display enables precise 3D images with long visualization depth to be displayed at long viewing distances without any influence from deviated or distorted lenses in a lens array. We created an autostereoscopic display that appears to have three-dimensionality even when viewed from a distance, with an image depth of 5.7 m or more in front of the display. To the best of our knowledge, the presented long-distance IV display is technically unique as it is the first report of generating an autostereoscopic image with such a long viewing distance in the field of computer graphics. CR Categories and Subject Descriptors: B.4.2 Input/Output Devices - Image Display