The present disclosure provides a conference device, a method of controlling the conference device, and a computer storage medium. The conference device includes a display, an image sensor, a holographic projector, and a controller configured to identify, by using an image data from the image sensor, a modification action performed at a target location for a holographic image projected by the holographic projector, modify holographic projection data based on the modification action, and convert modified holographic projection data into modified two-dimensional imaging data.

Systems and methods are directed to automatically generating a three-dimensional (3D) holographic presentation from a two-dimensional (2D) slide presentation. A network system receives an indication to generate the 3D holographic presentation, which causes automatic generation of the 3D holographic presentation by the network system. In response to receiving the indication, the network system accesses the 2D slide presentation from a user device associated with a presenter and accesses, from a mapping database, a plurality of mappings that indicate how to convert elements of each slide of the 2D slide presentation into a 3D format. The network system then transforms elements of each slide from a 2D format into the 3D format based on the plurality of mappings. The 3D holographic presentation is generated from the transformed elements by blending the transformed elements with a background and/or real-world image data captured by an image capture device.

Provided is a technology for implementing an AR optical waveguide display capable of showing a hologram image by means of a small and simple system configuration by using an HOE. A holographic display according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light source module for emitting a beam; an optical waveguide through which the emitted beam is incident and propagated; a plurality of holographic optical elements (HOES) for propagating the beam incident to the optical waveguide inside the optical waveguide while totally reflecting the beam; and a modulator for reproducing a holographic image through the progressing beam and propagating the beam to the inside of the optical waveguide while totally reflecting the beam. Accordingly, it is possible to implement, as a small and simple system, an optical waveguide display showing an AR hologram by using an optical waveguide and an HOE.

There is disclosed herein a waveguide comprising an optical slab and an optical wedge. The optical slab has a first refractive index, n.sub.1>1. The optical slab comprises: a pair of opposing surfaces and an input port. The pair of opposing surfaces are arranged in a parallel configuration. The input port is arranged to receive light into the optical slab at an angle such that the light is guided between the first and second opposing surfaces by a series of internal reflections. The optical wedge has a second refractive index, n.sub.2, wherein 1<n.sub.2<n.sub.1. The optical wedge comprises a pair of opposing surfaces arranged in a wedge configuration. A first surface of the optical wedge abuts the second surface of the optical slab to form an interface that allows partial transmission of light guided by the optical slab into the optical wedge at a plurality of points along the interface such that the light is divided a plurality of times. The angle of the wedge allows light received at the interface to escape through the second surface of the optical wedge such that the exit pupil of the waveguide is expanded by the plurality of divisions of the light.

Various embodiments set forth optical patterning systems. In some embodiments, an optical patterning system includes multiple liquid crystal (LC) layers and a substrate including circuitry that is connected to each of the LC layers. Each LC layer is independently addressable, via connections to the circuitry in the substrate, to modulate a different degree of freedom (DOF) of light, such as an amplitude, a phase, a distinct polarization component, or an amplitude or a phase of a polarization component of the light. In addition, each LC layer can be configured to operate in a non-resonant mode, in which light passes through the LC layer a single time, or in a resonant mode, in which light bounces back and forth between reflective layers multiple times to enhance the interaction with the LC layer.

Projection displays include a highlight projector and a main projector. Highlights projected by the highlight projector boost luminance in highlight areas of a base image projected by the main projector. Various highlight projectors including steerable beams, holographic projectors and spatial light modulators are described.

A method and display apparatus for reducing holographic speckle when displaying holographic images are described. A target image (10) is decomposed into input images (11). A first input image includes higher spatial frequency components of the target image and is imaged using a first display method (12) to generate a first holographic display image. The second input image includes lower spatial frequency components of the target image and is imaged using a second display method (12) to generate a second display image. The first and second display images are combined for display to a user. The second display method (12) is adapted to reduce holographic speckle or include no holographic speckle compared to the first holographic display method (12) thereby reducing holographic speckle in the combined display image (13).

A display for displaying a wide Field of View (FoV) scene including a holographic image within the scene, including a first Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) and an optical system for producing a first holographic image at a center of a displayed scene, and a second image display for producing at least a first additional image adjacent to the first holographic image. In some embodiments an augmented reality display is used for the displaying of the first holographic image at the center of a field of view and the second image adjacent to the first holographic image. In some embodiments a virtual reality display is used for the displaying of the first holographic image near the center of a field of view and the second image adjacent to the first holographic image. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

A light engine arranged to form an image visible from a viewing window, the light engine comprising a display device for displaying a hologram of the image and spatially modulating light based on the hologram. The hologram is configured to angularly distribute spatially-modulated light of the image based on position of image content, where angular channels of the spatially-modulated light correspond with respective continuous regions of the image. The light engine further comprises a waveguide pupil expander for receiving the spatially-modulated light and providing a plurality of light propagation paths for the spatially-modulated light from the display device to the viewing window, and a control device between the waveguide and the viewing window. The control device comprises an aperture arranged such that a first viewing position receives a first channel of spatially-modulated light and a second viewing position receives a second channel of spatially-modulated light.

Provided are an optical element and an image display apparatus that display an aerial image, in which the total volume of the apparatus is small, a reduction in size can realized, and a scenery can be recognized. The optical element includes: a light guide element including a light guide plate, an incidence diffraction element, and an emission diffraction element, the incidence diffraction element being disposed on a main surface of the light guide plate and the emission diffraction element being disposed on the main surface of the light guide plate; and a positive lens that is disposed at a position overlapping the emission diffraction element in a view from a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the light guide plate, in which the incidence diffraction element diffracts incident light such that the diffracted light is incident into the light guide plate, the emission diffraction element emits light propagating in the light guide plate from the light guide plate, and the positive lens collects the light that is emitted from the light guide plate by the emission diffraction element.