10. Virtual and Augmented Reality Displays

While most of our discussion of the imaging system and the role of multi-primary displays has been relatively display agnostic, the majority of this book has been written with a dominant focus on direct view displays. However, there are some peculiar attributes of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality displays which are relevant to the multi-primary display discussion. This chapter focuses on some attributes of virtual and augmented reality displays that are particularly relevant to the multi-primary display discussion. The later portion of this chapter will focus on some challenges of virtual and augmented reality displays within the larger imaging system. These challenges will in some cases go beyond concerns relevant to multi-primary displays, but there are notable interactions that should be considered if one is considering the application of multi-primary technology in VR or AR displays.