Survey Of Holographic Stereograms

Holography's effectiveness as a visual medium is often constrained by the variety of scenes that it can render. Here we survey progress over the past fifteen years in the synthesis of quasi-holographic images from sequences of discrete perspective views, such as photographs and X-ray images. Paralleling the development of display holograms, holographic stereograms have evolved from laser illumination to white-light illumination, with improvements in the image quality and ease of viewing.