Theme-park show lighting display system.
A display system for illuminating surfaces of objects in a ride or show set for viewing by a viewer in a viewing space wearing three-dimensional (3D) glasses or headgear. The 3D glasses or headgear is adapted to pass or transmit light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and to pass or transmit light with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths. Each of these wavelengths may be associated with a primary color wavelength for providing left and right eye content to a viewer. The system, therefore, may include a wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) projection system projecting light having the first and second sets of three wavelengths to provide the viewer stereo content via the 3D glasses or headgear.
BACKGROUND1. Field of the Description(1) The present description relates, in general, to three dimensional (3D) projection and display technology including 3D glasses or stereo glasses worn by viewers to perceive 3D imagery, and, more particularly, to 3D stereo display systems that are adapted for creating 3D effects or imagery with 3D content or media but without the need for conventional 3D projectors.2. Relevant Background(2) Recently, there has been an increased interest in providing movies and other image-based content to viewers in 3D form, and there has been significant research in the past on technologies to produce 3D imagery. Most 3D technologies require the viewers to wear 3D glasses (or other headgear or other filters, which will be labeled “3D glasses” herein) such that left eye images are received by their left eye and right eye images are received by their right eyes. The combination of these right and left eye images are perceived by the viewers as 3D images or imagery (or stereo images), and 3D projection and display technology is used to create a stereo media environment for viewers including people in a passenger vehicle on an amusement park ride (e.g., a dark ride experience or the like).(3) Polarization and wavelength multiplex visualization (“WMV”) are two main types of 3D technologies that are in widespread use in cinema applications and in other entertainment venues including amusement or theme parks (e.g., in 3D rides, 3D displays, and other park attr
1. A display system, comprising: a viewing space; 3D glasses or headgear wearable by a viewer in the viewing space, wherein the 3D glasses or headgear pass light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and pass light associated with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths to a right eye; one or more objects positioned in the viewing space; a wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) projection system projecting light in the viewing space having the first and second sets of three wavelengths to provide the viewer stereo content via the 3D glasses or headgear; and a WMV light source providing colored show light for illuminating the surfaces of the objects with color for the viewer to observe through the 3D glasses or headgear, wherein the colored show light comprises light at one or more wavelengths matching one or more wavelengths in the first and second sets of three wavelengths, wherein the colored show light is free of the stereo content, and wherein the WMV light source is spaced apart from the WMV projection system.
10. A display system for illuminating surfaces of objects for a viewer in a viewing space wearing 3D glasses or headgear passing light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and passing light with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths, comprising: a projection system projecting light having the first and second sets of three wavelengths to provide stereo content via the 3D glasses or headgear; and a light source providing light for illuminating the surfaces of the objects for the viewer to observe through the 3D glasses or headgear separate from, and in addition to, the stereo content, wherein the light includes colored light at a wavelength matching one or more wavelength in the first and second sets of three wavelengths and wherein the projection system projects onto one or more surfaces that differ from and are spaced apart from the surfaces of the objects illuminated by the light source.
17. A display system for illuminating surfaces of objects for a viewer in a viewing space wearing 3D glasses or headgear passing light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and passing light with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths, comprising: a wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) projection system projecting light having the first and second sets of three wavelengths to provide the viewer stereo content via the 3D glasses or headgear; and a WMV light source providing colored light for illuminating the surfaces of the objects for the viewer to observe the surfaces of the objects via reflected portions of the colored light through the 3D glasses or headgear separately from the stereo content provided by the WMV projection system, wherein the colored light comprises light at a wavelength matching one or more wavelength in the first and second sets of three wavelengths, wherein the WMV light source comprises six light emitting diode (LED) emitters each operable to provide light at a differing one of the first and second sets of three wavelengths, and wherein the WMV light source further comprises a controller providing control signals to independently operate each of the LED emitters to independently set levels of light provided by each of the LED emitters.