Patent ID: 8836755

Claim:
An apparatus for creating an autostereoscopic display, comprising: a two dimensional (2D) beam combining assembly comprising a planar beam combining with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; and a 2D media source assembly first displaying a 2D foreground image toward the first surface of the 2D beam combining assembly and second displaying a 2D background image, differing from the 2D foreground image. toward the first surface of the 2D beam combining assembly, wherein light from the 2D media source assembly associated with the 2D foreground image and with the 2D background image strike the first surface of the 2D beam combining assembly prior to passing through the second surface and wherein the 2D beam combining assembly concurrently transmits from the second surface the 2D foreground image and the 2D background image in a combined three dimensional (3D) image.