Abstract
Holographic display is a true three-dimensional (3D) display technology presenting all depth cues without using any special glasses. In this paper, we first introduce a monochrome digital 3D holographic display system developed at Data Storage Institute (DSI), which is capable of displaying both static and dynamic 3D objects reconstructed from computer-generated holograms (CGHs). The system can also display 50-Mpixel holograms at 25 Hz refresh rate via a novel hologram tiling approach, which enables the increase of displayed image size. A futuristic vision for full high-definition (HD) digital 3D holographic display is then proposed and analyzed. The dynamic reconstruction of full-HD 3D objects from CGHs has been preliminarily demonstrated. Finally, we introduce the development trends of its enabling technologies such as high-performance computing, new algorithms, data storage and transmission, spatial light modulator (SLM) and RGB (red, green and blue) laser sources.