Computer Generated Holography - Concepts, Techniques and Effects

Instructor: Jacques Desbiens

Curriculum

The production of holograms from a series of images generated in computer graphics programs opens new possibilities in the creation of dynamic holographic content. This course offers practical detailed information on the construction of the holographic space, kinetics effects, and creative process in 3D computer graphics for holography.

Session 1 : Presentation & Introduction
- - Overview of the course
  - What you need
  - Words: Analog / Digital / Synthetic Holography
  - From perspective to holography
  - Short history of CGH
  - CGH & visualization

Session 2 : Holographic space
- - Computer graphic space vs holographic space
  - Spatial geometry & parallax in CGH
  - The virtual camera and the viewer
  - Volumes and voids in CGH

Session 3 : Visual effects in holographic space
- - Camera parameters: Parallel / Arc
  - Dimensions, positions and fields
  - Colour space in CGH
  - Limits and aberrations

Session 4 : Holographic time
- - CG holography and the representation and perception of time
  - Kinetics in computer generated holography
  - The viewer’s time

Session 5 : Visual effects in holographic time
- - Space-time interactivity in CGH
  - Spatial synchronization
  - Time-smear and spatial distortions
  - Temporal incoherence

Session 6 : Composition, alternatives and others...
- - Composition for holographic space & time
  - Alternative approaches
  - What’s coming