filename     : Ran14b.pdf
entry        : inproceedings
conference   : Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXV, San Francisco, USA, 3-6 February 2014
pages        : 90110P
year         : 2014
month        : March
title        : Transparent Stereoscopic Display and Application 
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author       : N. Ranieri, H. Seifert, M. Gross
booktitle    : Proc. SPIE. 9011
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publisher    : SPIE
publ.place   : United States
volume       : 9011
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language     : english
keywords     : 3-D display; transparent; back-projection; stereoscopic display; eye tracking; motion parallax 
abstract     : Augmented reality has become important to our society as it can enrich the actual world with virtual information. Transparent screens offer one possibility to overlay rendered scenes with the environment, acting both as display and window. In this work, we review existing transparent back-projection screens for the use with active and passive stereo. Advantages and limitations are described and, based on these insights, a passive stereoscopic system using an anisotropic back-projection foil is proposed. To increase realism, we adapt rendered content to the viewer's position using a Kinect tracking system, which adds motion parallax to the binocular cues. A technique well known in control engineering is used to decrease latency and increase frequency of the tracker. Our transparent stereoscopic display prototype provides immersive viewing experience and is suitable for many augmented reality applications.