Abstract: A display system useful for achieving a wide field of view infinity effect. The system includes a frame assembly adapted for mounting on a wall of viewing space. The system includes a display element with a display surface. The system includes a magnifying lens supported within the frame assembly with a rear surface facing the display surface and with a front surface facing the viewing space. The rear surface of the magnifying lens is parallel to the display surface of the display element and is separated from the display surface by a separation distance less than a focal length of the magnifying lens, e.g., a value such that a ratio of the separation distance to the focal length is in the range of 0.169 to 0.254. The magnifying lens may be a Fresnel lens in the form of a planar plastic sheet manufactured to provide a flat spherical lens.

Abstract: A three dimensional (3D) object with a rear projection (RP) surface. The 3D object includes an RP element, which behaves as an RP substrate or surface. A structural portion of the 3D object has a first thickness, and the RP element has a second thickness that is less than about one half of the first thickness. The RP element is formed of a translucent white plastic for example, such that it is translucent to provide an RP element integrally formed with an adjacent structural element which is opaque with or without additional coating or treatment.

Abstract: A three dimensional (3D) object with a rear projection (RP) surface. The 3D object includes an RP element, which behaves as an RP substrate or surface. A structural portion of the 3D object has a first thickness, and the RP element has a second thickness that is less than about one half of the first thickness. The RP element is formed of a translucent white plastic for example, such that it is translucent to provide an RP element integrally formed with an adjacent structural element which is opaque with or without additional coating or treatment.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three dimensional (3D) object with a rear projection (RP) surface. The method includes providing a rapid prototyping machine, such as a stereolithography machine, with input material, such as a white photopolymer resin. The method includes providing a digital prototyping file, which defines thin, separately grown layers of a digital representation of the 3D object, to a computer control system. With the computer control system, the rapid prototyping machine is operated to form a 3D object using the input material and the digital prototyping file. As a result, the 3D object includes an RP element, which behaves as an RP substrate or surface. A structural portion of the 3D model has a first thickness and an RP portion has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness such that it is translucent to provide an RP element integrally formed with an adjacent structural element.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three dimensional (3D) object with a rear projection (RP) surface. The method includes providing a rapid prototyping machine, such as a stereolithography machine, with input material, such as a white photopolymer resin. The method includes providing a digital prototyping file, which defines thin, separately grown layers of a digital representation of the 3D object, to a computer control system. With the computer control system, the rapid prototyping machine is operated to form a 3D object using the input material and the digital prototyping file. As a result, the 3D object includes an RP element, which behaves as an RP substrate or surface. A structural portion of the 3D model has a first thickness and an RP portion has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness such that it is translucent to provide an RP element integrally formed with an adjacent structural element.