computer science

Zebra Imaging

Zebra Imaging is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Zebra Imaging rather than just read about it. In short: Zebra Imaging was a company that developed 3D digital holographic images, hologram imagers and interactive 3D displays for government and commercial uses. The company offers digital holograms that are autostereoscopic (no glasses or goggles required), full-parallax (viewing of the image from viewpoints above and below as well as from side to side) and in monochrome or full-color.

Key takeaways

Zebra Imaging belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Zebra Imaging to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Zebra Imaging from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Zebra Imaging was a company that developed 3D digital holographic images, hologram imagers and interactive 3D displays for government and commercial uses. The company offers digital holograms that are autostereoscopic (no glasses or goggles required), full-parallax (viewing of the image from viewpoints above and below as well as from side to side) and in monochrome or full-color. They have also developed a 3D Dynamic Display, which is capable of rendering holograms in real time; design work with 3D programs such as SketchUp and 123D Catch can be viewed on a holographic display while they are actively being edited.

History Zebra Imaging was founded in 1996 by graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Laboratory. Its technology was based in-part on work done at the MIT Media Laboratory’s Spatial Imaging Group under the direction of the late holography pioneer, Prof. Stephen Benton. In 2017, Zebra Imaging announced the sale of its 3D Holographic Print Assets to HoloTech Switzerland AG.

Technology The company has been granted over 40 patents with others pending in the U.S. and abroad. Zebra Imaging's 3D digital holographic technology presents multiple perspectives of an image simultaneously and independently to all viewers. The imagery in the static holograms can be subdivided into channels to show short animations or peel-away and overlay views. Since 2005, Zebra Imaging has been developing dynamic (motion-capable) 3D display technology, supported in-part by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). In November 2011 Zebra's dynamic ZScape display was selected among Time Magazine's "50 Most Important Inventions of 2011."

Funding In 2006, it completed a $5.9 million Series C round of funding led by Voyager Capital. In 2013, the company raised $3.9 million financing collected from 11 investors.

See also Digital holography Hogel Holography List of companies based in Austin, Texas MIT Media Lab Volumetric display

References

Notes Zebra Imaging products at NVIDIA GTC 2009 captured on YouTube. Zebra Imaging affect of holograms on the auto design industry. Archived 2009-08-02 at the Wayback Machine Zebra Imaging use of NVIDIA GPUs.

External links Zebra Imaging Home Page with links to 3D dynamic display and hologram imager information: www.zebraimaging.com Archived 2021-02-27 at the Wayback Machine

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Zebra Imaging

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Zebra Imaging claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Zebra Imaging before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Zebra Imaging ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Zebra Imaging

In research: Zebra Imaging appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Zebra Imaging in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Zebra Imaging is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Companies based in Austin, Texas, Computer companies established in 1996, Defunct computer companies of the United States, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Zebra Imaging outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Zebra Imaging in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Zebra Imaging means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Zebra Imaging out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Zebra Imaging in simple terms?

Why does Zebra Imaging matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Zebra Imaging?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Zebra Imaging.