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'''Light field display''' ('''LFD''') is an advanced display technology designed to reproduce a [[light field]], the distribution of light rays in [[3D space]], including their intensity and direction.<ref name="WetzsteinPlenoptic">Wetzstein G. (2020). “Computational Displays: Achieving the Full Plenoptic Function.” ACM SIGGRAPH 2020 Courses. ACM Digital Library. doi:10.1145/3386569.3409414. Available: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3386569.3409414 (accessed 3 May 2025).</ref> Unlike conventional 2D displays or [[stereoscopic display|stereoscopic 3D]] systems that present flat images or fixed viewpoints requiring glasses, light field displays aim to recreate how light naturally propagates from a real scene.<ref name="WetzsteinTensor">Wetzstein, G., Lanman, D., Hirsch, M., & Raskar, R. (2012). Tensor displays: Compressive light field synthesis using multilayer displays with directional backlighting. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 31(4), Article 80. doi:10.1145/2185520.2185576</ref> This allows viewers to perceive genuine [[depth]], [[parallax]] (both horizontal and vertical), and perspective changes without special eyewear (in many implementations).<ref name="LookingGlass27">Looking Glass Factory. Looking Glass 27″ Light Field Display. Retrieved from https://lookingglassfactory.com/looking-glass-27</ref><ref name="LeiaVerge">Hollister, S. (2024, January 19). Leia is building a 3D empire on the back of the worst phone we've ever reviewed. The Verge. Retrieved from https://www.theverge.com/24036574/leia-glasses-free-3d-ces-2024</ref>
'''Light field display''' ('''LFD''') is an advanced display technology designed to reproduce a [[light field]], the distribution of light rays in [[3D space]], including their intensity and direction.<ref name="WetzsteinPlenoptic">Wetzstein G. (2020). “Computational Displays: Achieving the Full Plenoptic Function.” ACM SIGGRAPH 2020 Courses. ACM Digital Library. doi:10.1145/3386569.3409414. Available: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3386569.3409414 (accessed 3 May 2025).</ref> Unlike conventional 2D displays or [[stereoscopic display|stereoscopic 3D]] systems that present flat images or fixed viewpoints requiring glasses, light field displays aim to recreate how light naturally propagates from a real scene.<ref name="WetzsteinTensor">Wetzstein, G., Lanman, D., Hirsch, M., & Raskar, R. (2012). Tensor displays: Compressive light field synthesis using multilayer displays with directional backlighting. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 31(4), Article 80. doi:10.1145/2185520.2185576</ref> This allows viewers to perceive genuine [[depth]], [[parallax]] (both horizontal and vertical), and perspective changes without special eyewear (in many implementations).<ref name="LookingGlass27">Looking Glass Factory. Looking Glass 27″ Light Field Display. Retrieved from https://lookingglassfactory.com/looking-glass-27</ref><ref name="LeiaVerge">Hollister, S. (2024, January 19). Leia is building a 3D empire on the back of the worst phone we've ever reviewed. The Verge. Retrieved from https://www.theverge.com/24036574/leia-glasses-free-3d-ces-2024</ref>