A multi view image display device is provided, which includes a depth estimator configured to estimate depth of an input image, a renderer configured to perform rendering of multi view image based on the estimated depth, a display configured to display the rendered multi view image, and a controller configured to control the rendering of the multi view image by controlling the number of rendering viewpoints according to a depth value of at least one object region included in the input image.

In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for efficiently rendering and displaying multiple images on an electronic device having an automultiscopic display may generally include detecting, with the electronic device, a position of at least one eye relative to the automultiscopic display. The automultiscopic display may include an array of multipixels, with each multipixel including a plurality of sub-multipixels. In addition, the method may include rendering a viewpoint-specific image for each detected eye position and selectively coloring at least one sub-multipixel within one or more of the multipixels such that colors associated with the rendered viewpoint-specific image are only displayed within a multipixel display zone defined for each of the one or more multipixels with respect to each detected eye position.

There is provided an image processing apparatus and method, electronic device, and program enabling suppression of deterioration of image quality. A base video frame is generated in which a base patch is arranged, the base patch being obtained by projecting, on a two-dimensional plane for each partial region, a point cloud representing an object having a three-dimensional shape as a set of points, and an additional video frame is generated in which an additional patch is arranged, the additional patch being obtained by projecting, on the two-dimensional plane same as in a case of the base patch, a partial region including at least a part of the partial region corresponding to the base patch of the point cloud, with at least some of parameters made different from a case of the base patch. By encoding the generated base video frame and additional video frame, coded data is generated.

There is provided an image processing apparatus and method, electronic device, and program enabling suppression of deterioration of image quality. A base video frame is generated in which a base patch is arranged, the base patch being obtained by projecting, on a two-dimensional plane for each partial region, a point cloud representing an object having a three-dimensional shape as a set of points, and an additional video frame is generated in which an additional patch is arranged, the additional patch being obtained by projecting, on the two-dimensional plane same as in a case of the base patch, a partial region including at least a part of the partial region corresponding to the base patch of the point cloud, with at least some of parameters made different from a case of the base patch. By encoding the generated base video frame and additional video frame, coded data is generated.

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enables advantages of a virtual world to be obtained without impairing the sense of reality.

For at least one viewer from among a plurality of viewers viewing content distributed from a distributor virtually disposed at a predetermined distribution position, a viewing position where the at least one viewer views the content as an experiencing person and the distribution position are set such that a relative positional relationship between the viewing position and the distribution position is a positional relationship determined for the experiencing person in a virtual space or an actual space.

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enables advantages of a virtual world to be obtained without impairing the sense of reality.

For at least one viewer from among a plurality of viewers viewing content distributed from a distributor virtually disposed at a predetermined distribution position, a viewing position where the at least one viewer views the content as an experiencing person and the distribution position are set such that a relative positional relationship between the viewing position and the distribution position is a positional relationship determined for the experiencing person in a virtual space or an actual space.

A video communication system uses a light field display to present a holographic image of a remote scene (e.g., a hologram of a remote participant). The system may include a local light field display assembly and a controller. The controller generates display instructions based on visual data corresponding to a remote scene received from a remote image capture system (e.g., a remote light field display system). The display instructions cause the local light field display assembly to generate a holographic image of the remote scene.

The stereoscopic image display device which displays images corresponding to each of a plurality of viewpoints includes: a stereoscopic image display panel which includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged and a light-ray separating module provided on the display panel for separating parallax images from each of the pixels towards a plurality of N-viewpoints (N is a natural number of 2 or larger) according to the layout direction of each of the pixels; an observer position measuring unit which measures an observing position of the observer who is facing the display surface; a relative position calculating unit which calculates a relative position of the observer with respect to the stereoscopic image display panel based on the measurement result; and an image generation processing unit which generates viewpoint image by corresponding to the relative position and outputs the image towards the stereoscopic image display panel.

An auto-stereoscopic display device includes a display panel having an array of display pixels for producing a display; and a view forming unit having an array of view forming elements. Each view forming elements is configurable to focus the outputs of groups of the display pixels into views projected towards a user in different directions. The display device further includes a view deflecting unit to selectably change the directions in which the plurality of views is projected towards the user. The view deflecting unit includes at least one birefringent prism having a first refractive index for light having a first polarization direction and a second refractive index for light having a second polarization direction. The view deflecting unit further includes a polarization switch in registration with the birefringent prism for providing the birefringent prism with display light having the first or second polarization direction.

A display system comprises a projector combined with a retro reflective screen and a viewer distance from the projector such that the observation angle is less than approximately 2-3 degrees. The brightness of the image on the screen for the proposed display system is increased by a factor of ˜100-500× as compared to traditional display systems with for an equivalent power/intensity light source.