Abstract

3D visualization has a wide variety of applications in today's society and industry. This paper details the design and creation of a stereoscopic/3D video display in the form of casual eyewear. These glasses effectively superpose 3D object/data onto one's normal vision, while allowing full parallax. This design is unique in that a new type of optical system makes it lightweight, inconspicuous to wear, and highly portable. As such, this HMD device has a wide range of applications.

This paper details the mathematical theory that was created to derive the lens shape, a simulation of the lens via raytracing, the prototyping and testing of the lens, the mathematical approach devised to counter distortion, and the results of using inverse-distortion to achieve a clean stereoscopic projection.