LP‐1: Late‐News Poster: High Efficiency Reconfigurable 2D/3D Autostereoscopic Display

Abstract

Abstract A novel architecture to enable flat panel displays to be electrically reconfigured between a full resolution 2D mode and a half resolution, low cross talk, autostereoscopic 3D mode is described. A Polarisation Activated Microlens comprising a high precision passive birefringent lens array and a commodity switchable polariser element is added to existing LCD panels with a low cost premium. The architecture enables high optical efficiency in 2D and 3D modes and is suitable for transmissive, reflective and transflective LCD devices. The implementation of the component on a transmissive TFT‐LCD is described and measured performance presented.