Patent ID: 8711061

Claim:
An apparatus for providing a dimensional display, comprising: a foreground display assembly including a first planar display element with a front surface and an opposite back surface; and a background display assembly including: a second planar display element spaced apart from and parallel to the first planar display element, the second planar display element including a front surface facing toward the back surface of the first planar display element, and a light source operating to provide light to a back surface of the second planar display element, wherein the first and second planar display elements are at least partially transmissive to light and operable, respectively, to concurrently display frames of a foreground image stream and frames of a background image stream provided as input media to the foreground and background display assemblies concurrently with the operating of the light source to provide the light, wherein output light from the front surface of the second planar display element, including one or more background images in the frames of the background image stream, provides backlighting for the first planar display element, and wherein the frames of the foreground image stream include foreground images backlit by the output light.