System and method for generating light field images

1. A method for displaying a holographic image comprising:

receiving a set of images, each image associated with a different perspective of a scene;

generating a quilt image by arranging the set of images starting with a first image associated with a first perspective and ending at a second image associated with a second perspective, wherein the set of images are arranged in a raster starting at a bottom left and rastering horizontally through views to a top right within the quilt image;

wherein the holographic image is a frame of a holographic video, wherein the holographic video is compressed by:

for each frame of the holographic video:

arranging the images of the quilt image associated with the frame in a linear array; and

appending subsequent frames to the linear array, wherein the images from each subsequent frame are ordered in an opposing order relative to a preceding frame;

compressing the linear array using a video codec;

transmitting the compressed quilt image to a display;

decompressing the compressed quilt image;

lenticularizing the decompressed quilt image based on a calibration associated with the display;

duplicating each pixel of the lenticularized quilt image at least once to generate the holographic image, wherein each duplicated pixel is immediately adjacent to the corresponding original pixel; and

displaying the holographic image using the display.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display is operable to concurrently display the holographic image to a plurality of viewers without using a headset.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compressed quilt image is transmitted using a polynomial representation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the holographic image comprises appending a first segment of the lenticularized quilt image to a second segment of the lenticularized quilt image, wherein the first segment and second segment share a predetermined number of identical pixels.

5. A method for displaying a holographic image comprising:

receiving a set of images, each image of the set of images comprising color information and depth information, wherein each image of the set of images comprises a different perspective of a common scene;

determining intermediate views associated with perspectives intermediate between perspectives associated with two images of the set of images;

arranging the set of images and the intermediate views into a quilt image based on the pose of a respective source camera, wherein the set of images and the intermediate views are arranged in a raster starting at a bottom left and rastering horizontally through views to a top right within the quilt image, wherein the quilt image is a frame of a holographic video;

compressing the quilt image by:

arranging the images of the quilt image associated with the frame in a linear array;

appending subsequent frames to the linear array, wherein the images from each subsequent frame are ordered in an opposing order relative to a preceding frame; and

compressing the linear array using a video codec;

transmitting the compressed quilt image to a holographic display;

decompressing the compressed quilt image;

lenticularizing the decompressed quilt image based on a calibration of the holographic display to generate the holographic image, wherein the lenticularized quilt image is configured to decrease a chromatic anomaly arising from image compression present in the displayed holographic image; and

displaying the holographic image using the holographic display.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the holographic display is operable to concurrently display the holographic image to a plurality of viewers without using a headset.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the compressed quilt image is transmitted using a polynomial representation.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the quilt image is lenticularized at a remote server.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of images comprises fewer images than the quilt image.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein the depth information is determined based on a depth map calculated using two images of the set of images.

11. The method of claim 5 , wherein the quilt image comprises the set of images arranged in a predetermined order starting with an image associated with a first extreme perspective and ending at a second image associated with a second extreme perspective.

12. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining an intermediate view comprises projecting a first image from the set of images to a perspective associated with the intermediate view based on the difference in perspective between the first image and the intermediate view.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising projecting a second image from the set of images to the perspective associated with the intermediate view.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising repeating projecting the first image and the second image to the perspective associated with the intermediate view after the intermediate view has been determined.