Patent ID: 8432436

Claim:
A system for generating an autostereoscopic 3D display of an object, comprising: an anisotropic surface configured to rotate about an axis and to cause two dimensional video images that are directed against the anisotropic surface to be narrowly spread within a first projection plane and to be widely spread within a second projection plane that is substantially perpendicular to the first projection plane; a motor configured to rotate the anisotropic surface about the axis; a single video projector configured to project two dimensional video images of the object onto the anisotropic surface while the anisotropic surface is spinning and the video projector is substantially stationary; and a processing system interfaced with the video projector and configured to cause the two dimensional video images that are projected by the video projector onto the spinning anisotropic surface to appear as an autosteroscopic 3D image of the object that faithfully changes in perspective as a viewer views the rotating anisotropic surface from different angles within a first viewing plane within a viewing space V, without the viewer having to wear any special glasses or headgear.