Evolution of Modern Display Technologies in a 3D Ecosystem

Since its invention by the end of the 19th century, display technologies have undergone several (r-)evolutions, from the introduction of color in the late 1950s to the arrival of the first flat panel TVs in mid-1990s. Today, we are faced again with a further evolutionary step manifested by the introduction of another dimension: vision depth. In this paper, we will give a rapid overview of the latest key evolutions of the flat panel technologies before entering the world of stereoscopic displaying, its status, trends, and outlook.