This document summarizes Gordon Wetzstein's presentation on compressive display systems. It discusses the evolution of displays from parallax barriers in 1903 to modern tensor displays. Computational techniques like low-rank light field factorization and tensor factorization can be used to compress light fields and reduce the number of pixels needed in multi-layer displays. These compressive displays integrate optimization, sensing, and human perception to provide capabilities like high dynamic range, super resolution, and 3D displays using a single display system. Wetzstein envisions these compressive displays enabling new form factors and applications in mobile devices, projections systems, and head mounted displays.
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4D Light Field
Uniform or
Directional Backlight Stacked Layers
Nonnegative Tensor
Factorization
Display-adaptive
Compression
Compressive
Computed Tomography
(LCDs or Transparencies)
Optics
Observer = Decoder
44. Give those Pixels a Break!
Applied Mathematics
• sparse optimization
• low-rank factorization
• computed tomography
• …
Benefits for Optics & Electronics
• fewer pixels
• relaxation on refresh rate
• thinner form factors
• …
45. Parallax Barriers
1903
Time-Shifted
Parallax Barriers 2007
t
HR3D
SIG Asia 2010
t t
Layered 3D
SIGGRAPH 2011
Tensor Displays
SIGGRAPH 2012
Conventional Parallax Barriers
layer 2
layer 1
From Conventional to Compressive Displays
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Parallax Barriers
1903
Time-Shifted
Parallax Barriers 2007
t
HR3D
SIG Asia 2010
t t
Layered 3D
SIGGRAPH 2011
Tensor Displays
SIGGRAPH 2012
…
time
Perceptual Integration
Tensor Displays – Multilayer & Directional Backlighting
From Conventional to Compressive Displays
47. Parallax Barriers
1903
Time-Shifted
Parallax Barriers 2007
t
HR3D
SIG Asia 2010
t t
Layered 3D
SIGGRAPH 2011
Tensor Displays
SIGGRAPH 2012
Perceptual Integration
Tensor Displays – Directional Backlighting
time
thin!
From Conventional to Compressive Displays
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• limited baseline tomography
• use algebraic approaches!
Layered 3D – SIGGRAPH 2011
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Computed Tomography (CT)
Image:Wikipedia
x-ray source
x-ray sensor
3D Reconstruction
Reconstructed 2D Slices
53. Tomographic Light Field Synthesis
q
2D light field
x
x
q
backlight
attenuation volume
virtual planes
image formation
L(x,q) = e
- m(r)dr
c
ò
log L x,q( )( )=- m(r)dr
c
ò
2
2
0
P)log(argmin
L
tomographic synthesis
54. Limits of Tomographic Light Field Synthesis
image formation
L(x,q) = e
- m(r)dr
c
ò
log L x,q( )( )=- m(r)dr
c
ò
2
2
0
P)log(argmin
L
tomographic synthesis
log space
…
p1
p2
pK
…
p1
p2
pK
time
l = p1*…*pK
…
p1
p2
pK
log(l) = log(p1)+…+log(pK)
l = (p1*p2*…*pK)1+…+(p1*p2*…*pK)N
loglin
???
56. backlight
rear layer
front layer
two-layer light field display
fm
(1)(x1)
fm
(2)(x2)
x1
x2
L(x1, x2)
`
front layer
rearlayer
rank-1
Lanman et al. – SIGGRAPH Asia 2010
Low-rank Light Field Factorization
57. backlight
rear layer
front layer
two-layer light field display
fm
(1)(x1)
fm
(2)(x2)
x1
x2
L(x1, x2)
` rank-4
Lanman et al. – SIGGRAPH Asia 2010
high-speed LCDs = perceptual average
Low-rank Light Field Factorization
58. ` rank-4
F
G
L
~
Lanman et al. – SIGGRAPH Asia 2010
Low-rank Light Field Factorization
high-speed LCDs = perceptual average
arg min
F,G
L - FG W
2
, for F,G ³ 0
objective function:
94. Cool Displays at SIGGRAPH 2014
Technical Papers Sessions
Emerging Technologies
• Displays, Tuesday 10:45-12:15, Hall A
• Computational Sensing and Display, Tue 3:45-5:15, Hall A
• AR & VR Displays
• Light Field Projection, HDR Projection
• much more!
95. Gordon Wetzstein
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
media.mit.edu/~gordonw
displayblocks.org
Matt Hirsch (MIT)
Doug Lanman (MIT/NVIDIA/Oculus VR)
Andrew Maimone (UNC)
Felix Heide (UBC)
Fu-Chung Huang (UC Berkeley)
Belen Masia (University of Zaragoza)
collaborators
sources of funding & hardware
Wolfgang Heidrich (UBC/KAUST)
Ramesh Raskar (MIT)
Diego Gutierrez (University of Zaragoza)
Brian Barsky (UC Berkeley)
Henry Fuchs (UNC)
96. Gordon Wetzstein
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
media.mit.edu/~gordonw
displayblocks.org
Stanford looking for:
• students, postdocs, interns
• (industry) collaborators