Patent ID: 8646917

Claim:
An apparatus for creating an auto stereoscopic display, comprising: a foreground display assembly including a foreground display element with a front surface and a rear surface and a projector projecting a first set of two-dimensional (2D) content onto the rear surface that is viewable by a viewer via the front surface; a background display assembly including a background display element spaced apart from the foreground display element and with a front surface facing toward the rear surface of the foreground display element, the background display element displaying a second set of 2D content on the front surface of the background display element; and an intermediate display assembly including an intermediate display element positioned between the foreground display element and the background display element with a front surface facing and spaced apart from the rear surface of the foreground display element and with a rear surface facing and spaced apart from the background display element, the front surface of the intermediate display element displaying a third set of 2D content, wherein the foreground and intermediate display elements comprise screens that are at least partially transmissive to light, whereby the displayed first, second, and third sets of 2D content are concurrently viewable via the front surface of the foreground display assembly, wherein the background display element comprises an emissive display device with a monitor providing the front surface of the background display element and wherein the intermediate display element comprises an optical shutter window.