This thesis reports on the design of an optical relay for use in a color, stereo Head-Mounted Display (HMD) system. / Based on reviews and discussions of the requirements of the human visual system, major factors affecting the visual acuity, the aberration tolerances of the human eye, and optical design limitations, we derive the design criteria for the optical relay. A survey of alternate approaches to the three components of HMDs is presented. / A brief review of first order optics, aberration theory, general design principles, and computer aided lens design is also given. / Two multi-spherical lens systems, a straight structure and a folded layout, are presented. Their aberrations (distortion, coma, lateral color, field curvature and astigmatism) have been well corrected. Each of them has a 20 mm eye relief and an instantaneous field-of-view greater than 60$ sp circ.$
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.56799 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Ma, Jiantao |
| Contributors | Hollerbach, John M. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Engineering (Department of Biomedical Engineering) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001325951, proquestno: AAIMM87529, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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