Pepper's Cone - An Inexpensive Do-It-Yourself 3D Display

Explore an innovative conference talk presenting a simple, DIY 3D display created using a tablet computer and a plastic cone. Learn about this unique approach inspired by the Pepper's Ghost illusion, which allows for 360-degree viewing of three-dimensional objects without special glasses or head-mounted devices. Discover how the system uses a curved transparent surface to reflect pre-distorted images, creating perspective-correct 3D visuals. Understand the integration of tablet gyroscopes for viewer-oriented image adjustments and the reasoning behind choosing a cone reflector. Examine prototypes and performance comparisons with reference images in this 21-minute presentation from the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.