Holografika

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Holografika

• HOLOVISION project presentation
• IST-004524
• 04/04/2005, Cork, IRL

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Timetable (Annex)
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Timetable (AMSVID)
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Deliverables (M1-M12)

• D2.1 submitted
• D2.2 submitted
• D9.1 in progress (delayed to M6)
• D2.3 in progress

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WP2 System definition

• Initial user requirements set up (BAE)
• State-of-the-art-reports
• LED (STY)
• LCOS (VID)
• 3D formats (HOL)
• System specification to be finalized till the end
  of M6 (HOL)

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Activities of the first 6 months

• State of the art report on 3D formats
• Conceptual system design specs
• Optical design
• Software system
• Hardware system
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Activities of the first 6 months

• State of the art report on 3D formats
• Conceptual system design specs
• Optical design
• Software system
• Hardware system
•  

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Optical design

• Dimensions
• physical size/exit pupil
• 3 rows arrangement
• resolution (spotsize)
• angle (FOV)
• color correction
• number of elements
• tolerance analysis
• illumination optics
• 4 rows arrangement

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Optical design

• Dimensions
• physical size/exit pupil
• 3 rows arrangement
• resolution (spotsize)
• angle (FOV)
• color correction
• number of elements
• tolerance analysis
• illumination optics
• 4 rows arrangement

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Optical design

• Dimensions
• physical size/exit pupil
• 3 rows arrangement
• resolution (spotsize)
• angle (FOV)
• color correction
• number of elements
• tolerance analysis
• illumination optics
• 4 rows arrangement

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Optical design

• Dimensions
• physical size/exit pupil
• 3 rows arrangement
• resolution (spotsize)
• angle (FOV)
• color correction
• number of elements
• tolerance analysis
• illumination optics
• 4 rows arrangement

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Optical design

• Dimensions
• physical size/exit pupil
• 3 rows arrangement
• resolution (spotsize)
• angle (FOV)
• color correction
• number of elements
• tolerance analysis
• illumination optics
• 4 rows arrangement

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Optical design

• Dimensions
• physical size/exit pupil
• 3 rows arrangement
• resolution (spotsize)
• angle (FOV)
• color correction
• number of elements
• tolerance analysis
• illumination optics
• 4 rows arrangement

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Optical design
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Activities of the first 6 months

• State of the art report on 3D formats
• Conceptual system design specs
• Optical design
• Software system
• Hardware system
•  

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System architecture overview
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SW components user side

• OpenGL based user software AMS, BAE
• Holografika Software Pack (SP)
• Network version of OpenGL wrapper (b)
• Complete software pack with stand alone sofware
  and SDK
• Tests with beta OpenGL wrapper have been started

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SW components RC side

• Operating system (customized Linux) - HOL
• Other services (booting, config, monitoring etc.)
  - HOL
• Render server - HOL

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Activities of the first 6 months

• State of the art report on 3D formats
• Conceptual system design specs
• Optical design
• Software system
• Hardware system
•  

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HW components user side

• Preliminary system requirements (AMS, BAE)
• Intel P4 processor
• Graphics card nVidia 6600 or above (for local
  displaying capability)
• 2x Gigabit ethernet network

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HW components RC side (HOL)

• 16x Render server computers
• Dual PCI Express x16 mainboard
• 2x nVidia 6600 videocard
• 2x gigabit eth, with net boot compatibility
• 1x Controller computer
• not yet decided

• 2x Gigabit switch
• Cisco Catalyst 3750G-24T-24
• Main controlling and housing
• PC controller
• Power controller and cooling
• 3x Rack mount house

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Finalizing the System Specification D2.3 till M6

• Comments to the deliverables
• Videoton LCOS
• Alternative single panel solutions
• panel specs, suppliers, driving circuits
• SockerYale LED
• LED-chips to be selected
• possible options for colours, available
  brightness _at_ colours, chip bonding structure,
  suppliers, etc.
• BAE User requirements
• No unrealistic 3D display parameters requested
  Thanks
• flicker under 50 Hz (down to 25 Hz) for different
  colors, or alternating regions in the image,
  color depth, depth resolution

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Finalizing the System Specification D2.3 till M6

• Expected contribution from the partners
• Holografika
• overall system structure
• Videoton LCOS
• Alternative single panel solutions
• Suggested FPGA type
• Estimated PCB technology
• SockerYale LED
• LED-chips to be selected
• Concrete lay-out of the LED illuminator
• Microoptics
• Thermal issues
• Driving circuits, PCB design

• BAE
• describe the application
• e.g. overview, main modules, applied
  technologies, etc.
• extension to the user reqs
• HOL will suggest (parameters from the system
  specs will be available)

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Development work starting from M7

• HOL
• Optical mechanical design WP4
• SW HW development WP6
• VID
• FLCOS driver development
• STY
• Illumination system development WP5
• AMS, BAE
• Application development

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WP4 Display design optical, mechanical system
development

• Activities of the next 6 months
• Tasks
• Basic geometrical configuration Goal To have
  the proper geometry, optical and mechanical
  structure of the device
• Develop holographic screenGoal Develop the
  holographic screen, screen mastering
• Design and manufacture of optical system
  componentsGoal Setting up illumination and
  imaging
• Develop the mechanical systemGoal To develop
  the dedicated mechanical components from the
  smallest parts, optical holders till the complete
  frame for the display hardware
• Optical, mechanical system assemblyGoal
  Assembly of the optical and mechanical system

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WP6 Control HW SW system development, Display
completion

• Activities of the next 6 months
• Preparation work for WP6
• Tasks
• Render cluster HW SW Goal To render the 3D
  data for the LCOS modules from any kind of input
  data.
• 3D formats Goal To serve the proper 3D input
  data to the display (render cluster)
• Vegetative control system Goal To develop a
  general basic electronic controller system
• Assembly, test and final adjustment Goal
  Assembly of the 3D display, and have the 3D
  display properly operating

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Deliverables (M7-M24)

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Development work starting from M7
HOL Optical mechanical design WP4 SW
development WP6 HW development preparation
WP6 VID FLCOS driver development STY Illuminatio
n system development WP5 AMS, BAE Application
development
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Optical design, illumination specs proof

• Illuminator optics
• LED chipsubstrate structure for the optical
  design
• Dimensions
• 3 rows arrangement
• substrate max 24x24mm
• 4 rows arrangement
• Substrate max 37x37 mm
• Control
• quad-groups (4 chips/group)
• driving circuit 36 independent channels
• PCB 37mm x Ymm
• Options, In-line arrangement
• 36 chips or 36x2 chips on 36mm (?)

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Optical design, illumination specs proof

• Illuminator optics
• LED chipsubstrate structure for the optical
  design
• Dimensions
• 3 rows arrangement
• substrate max 24x24mm
• 4 rows arrangement
• Substrate max 37x37 mm
• Control
• quad-groups (4 chips/group)
• driving circuit 36 independent channels
• PCB 37mm x Ymm
• Options, In-line arrangement
• 36 chips or 36x2 chips on 36mm (?)

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Development work starting from M7
HOL Optical mechanical design WP4 SW
development WP6 HW development preparation
WP6 VID FLCOS driver development STY Illuminatio
n system development WP5 AMS, BAE Application
development
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Holografika Software pack overview

• Contents
• HoloConstruct application for generating 3D
  images
• HoloViewer application for viewing 3D models
  and 3D videos
• OpenGL wrapper library for redirecting the 3D
  graphics output of an OpenGL based application to
  a Holographic display
• HoloSDK library for software developers for
  supporting a Holographic display
• HoloMedia codec extension for the operating
  systemss multimedia system for 3D video file
  support
• HoloSettings application for adjusting global
  settings of all the Holografika software

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Holografika Software pack overview

• Version info
• network version (current display)
• Max playback frame rate 6 fps
• Max interactive frame rate 0.2 fps (5sec/frame)
• DVI version
• Max playback interactive frame rate 25 fps
• RC version
• Max playback interactive frame rate 25 fps

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SW development roadmap

• End of March
• SP 1.0 release network version for Linux
  completed, will be sent this week to BAE, AMS
• End of April
• first beta SP release network version for
  Windows
• 3D playback DVI version
• For Linux
• OpenGL wrapper DVI version
• extended 3D model format support for model
  importing with Polytrans
• extended multimedia support for importing image
  sequence and video
• updated HoloMedia 3D video output support

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SW development roadmap

• End of May
• full DVI support
• 3D model animation support
• End of June
• first beta SP release - RC version
• first beta RC Operating system
• first beta RC Render server
• first beta RC services (booting, config,
  monitoring etc.)

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Development work starting from M7
HOL Optical mechanical design WP4 SW
development WP6 HW development preparation
WP6 VID FLCOS driver development STY Illuminatio
n system development WP5 AMS, BAE Application
development
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RC hardware design
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Long term HW plans

• Simplified hardware solution substituting the RC
• VirtCam Renderer Module
• very small and low power consumption dedicated
  electronic
• capable to generate over 100Mpixel output for the
  LCOS driver mudules from 20-40Mpixel input from
  the user computers video cards