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Design and Architecture of an Affordable Optical Routing - Multi-user VR System with Lenticular Lenses

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Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics (AVR 2019)

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One of the all time issues with Virtual Reality systems regardless if they are head-mounted or projection based is that they can only provide perspective correctness to one user. This limitation affects collaborative work which is the standard in any industry. Several approaches have been proposed to generate perspective correct images for different users but not only are they highly complex but also require lots of custom circuitry. On this paper we present the design, architecture and the mathematical background of an affordable optical routing multi user VR system that uses lenticular lenses for separating users and providing perspective correct images.

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  1. Emerging Analytics Center, UA Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA

    Juan Sebastian Munoz-Arango, Dirk Reiners & Carolina Cruz-Neira

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Munoz-Arango, J.S., Reiners, D., Cruz-Neira, C. (2019). Design and Architecture of an Affordable Optical Routing - Multi-user VR System with Lenticular Lenses. In: De Paolis, L., Bourdot, P. (eds) Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics. AVR 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11613. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25965-5_7

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