Three hundred sixty‐degree viewable linear grooves 3D display

Abstract We proposed a linear grooves 3D display that can display 360° viewable 3D images by creating linear grooves that correspond to the viewpoint positions. In the conventional method, arc‐shaped grooves are drawn on a flat substrate of transparent film. However, depending on the viewing position, the image may be distorted. In addition, when a flat substrate is bent into a curved shape, the image is more affected than one observed in a flat shape. Furthermore, the conventional method of arc 3D display method cannot display a 3D image that corresponds to the viewpoint position. In this paper, we propose design and fabrication methods that reduce the image distortion for both flat and curved shapes. A 3D image displayed by the proposed method can change depending on the viewpoint position, and a natural 3D image with motion parallax can be observed. In the experiment, our proposed method fabricated a 360° 3D display by calculating the linear grooves and presented natural 3D images with smooth motion parallax.