Small Projector Array Display System

Very low cost (pico and pocket) projectors provide an opportunity to achieve significant cost reduction for immersive visual display systems currently used in training applications. Traditional methods to achieve very large fields of view utilize expensive, high resolution display devices. The cost of these technologies force the end user to make significant tradeoffs with respect to either total field of view or resolution. Acquiring both quickly becomes unaffordable to their training budget. The implementation of new, very low cost projectors provide an appealing alternative that when combined with the proper support systems can produce affordable alternatives that can achieve both large field of view and very high resolution. Several technologies must be developed or greatly improved in order to derive a deployable, sustainable design using more display channels than the high cost alternatives. The project proposed herein describes those essential developments and the path to realize them.