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# Outline

* **Introduction**
* **Brief Notes on Standard Displays**
  * [LCD/Standard displays](standard-displays/standard-displays-overview)
  * [LED](standard-displays/led)
  * [Projector](standard-displays/projector)
* **Displays**
  * [Transparent](alternative-displays/transparent)
    * [Transparent LCD](../alternative-displays/transparent#5018)
    * [Transparent OLED](../alternative-displays/transparent#transparent-oled)
    * [Transparent LED](../alternative-displays/transparent#transparent-led)
    * [Spinning Fan Displays/Persistence of Vision](../alternative-displays/transparent#spinning-fan-peristence-of-vision-displays)
    * [Electroluminescent Displays](../alternative-displays/transparent#electroluminescent-displays)
  * [Modified LCD Polarizer](alternative-displays/modified-polarizers)
  * [Volumetric Displays](alternative-displays/volumetric)
    * [Mechanical/Persistence of Vision](../alternative-displays/volumetric#2929)
    * [Layered screens](../alternative-displays/volumetric#c28e)
    * [Volumetric LED](../alternative-displays/volumetric#volumetric-led)
    * [DIY](../alternative-displays/volumetric#other-diy-approaches)
  * [Electronic Paper/E-Ink](alternative-displays/electronic-paper-e-ink)
    * [Standard](../alternative-displays/electronic-paper-e-ink#b816)
    * [Sculptural/Architectural](../alternative-displays/electronic-paper-e-ink#architectural-e-ink-prism)
  * [Flexible Displays](alternative-displays/flexible-displays)
    * [Flexible OLED](../alternative-displays/flexible-displays#flexible-oled)
    * [Flexible LED](../alternative-displays/flexible-displays#flexible-led)
  * [Lasers and Laser Projectors](alternative-displays/laser-projectors)
    * [Laser Projectors](../alternative-displays/laser-projectors#0eb1)
    * [Laser Projectors and Video Projection](#laser-projectors-with-video)
    * [Laser Projectors and film techniques](#laser-projector-filming-techniques)
    * [Laser Diodes and other approaches](#laser-diodes-and-other-uses-of-lasers)
    * [Lasers and photosensitive surfaces](#lasers-and-photosensitive-surfaces)
  * [Lenticular and Multiview Displays](alternative-displays/lenticular-and-multiview-displays)
    * [Looking Glass Displays](../alternative-displays/lenticular-and-multiview-displays#looking-glass-factory-displays)
    * [Leia/Dimenco](../alternative-displays/lenticular-and-multiview-displays#leia-lightfield-display)
    * [Sony Spatial Reality](../alternative-displays/lenticular-and-multiview-displays#sony-spatial-reality)
    * [RealFiction](../alternative-displays/lenticular-and-multiview-displays#realfiction)
    * [Misapplied Sciences](../alternative-displays/lenticular-and-multiview-displays#misapplied-sciences)
    * [SeeCubic](../alternative-displays/lenticular-and-multiview-displays#seecubic)
    * [Multi-lens experiments](../alternative-displays/lenticular-and-multiview-displays#multi-lens-display)
  * [Light Field displays](alternative-displays/light-field-displays)
    * [Solidlight](../alternative-displays/light-field-displays#light-field-labs-solidlight-display)
    * [Avalon Holographics](../alternative-displays/light-field-displays#avalon-holographics)
    * [Fovi3d](../alternative-displays/light-field-displays#fovi3d)
  * [Head Mounted Displays (VR/AR/Mixed Reality)](alternative-displays/head-mounted-displays)
  * [Circular and Non-Rectnagular](alternative-displays/circular-and-non-rectangular)
* **Techniques:**
  * [Pepper’s Ghost](techniques/peppers-ghost)
  * [Projection on Static Transparent Materials/Scrims](techniques/projection-on-static-material)
  * [Projection on Water or Fog](techniques/projection-on-water-or-fog)
    * [Water Screens](../techniques/projection-on-water-or-fog#water-screens)
    * [Fog Screens](../techniques/projection-on-water-or-fog#fog-screens-laminar-flow)
  * [Volumetric Projection](techniques/volumetric-projection)
  * [Diffusion and Distortion](techniques/diffusion-and-distortion)
    * [Artistic Approaches](../techniques/diffusion-and-distortion#1b74)
    * [Fiber Optics](../techniques/diffusion-and-distortion#fiber-optics-and-acrylic)
    * [Ulexite/TV Stone](../techniques/diffusion-and-distortion#ulexite-tv-rock)
    * [Computational Caustics](../techniques/diffusion-and-distortion#computational-caustics)
    * [LED through wood veneer](../techniques/diffusion-and-distortion#wood-veneer-and-led)
    * [Low Resolution Diffusion](../techniques/diffusion-and-distortion#low-resolution-diffusion)
    * [Others](../techniques/diffusion-and-distortion#others)
* **Experimental/Artistic Exploration/Other**
  * [Physical/Mechanical Displays](experimental-other/physical-mechanical-displays)
    * [Flip-dot](../experimental-other/physical-mechanical-displays#flipdot)
    * [Split Flap](../experimental-other/physical-mechanical-displays#split-flap)
    * [Other Mechanical Approaches](../experimental-other/physical-mechanical-displays#other-mechanical-displays)
    * [Interactive Haptics](../experimental-other/physical-mechanical-displays#interactive-haptics)
    * [Ferrofluid](../experimental-other/physical-mechanical-displays#ferrofluid-displays)
  * [Switchable Glass](experimental-other/switchable-glass)
    * [PDLC](../experimental-other/switchable-glass#pdlc)
    * [SPD](../experimental-other/switchable-glass#spd)
    * [Electrochromic](../experimental-other/switchable-glass#electrochromic-glass)
    * [LCD](../experimental-other/switchable-glass#lcd)
    * [Switchable Mirror](../experimental-other/switchable-glass#switchable-mirrors)
  * [Drone Displays](experimental-other/drone-displays)
  * [Electrochromic Paint](experimental-other/electrochromic-paint)
  * [Scanning fiber optics](experimental-other/scanning-fiber-optics)
  * [Acoustic Levitation](experimental-other/acoustic-levitation)
  * [Plasma Combustion](experimental-other/plasma-combustion)
  * [High Refresh Rate Displays](experimental-other/high-refresh-rate-displays)
* **Legacy/Vintage Curiosities**
  * [Cathode Ray Tube](legacy/cathode-ray-tube)
  * [Eggcrate and numeric displays](legacy/eggcrate-and-other-numeric-displays)
  * [Pyrotechnics and other curiosities](legacy/pyrotechnics-and-other-curiosities)
* [Closing Notes](closing-notes)
* **Appendix and Other References**
  * [Holograms and the Ideal Display](appendix/holograms-and-the-ideal-display)
  * [Misleading terms](appendix/misleading-terms)
    * [Hologram](../appendix/misleading-terms#holograms)
    * [Autostereoscopic Displays/3D TV's](../appendix/misleading-terms#autostereoscopic-displays-3d-tvs)
    * [LED TV’s](../appendix/misleading-terms#led-tvs)
    * [3D LED/Forced Perspective](../appendix/misleading-terms#3d-led-displays-and-forced-perspective)
  * [Touchscreens](appendix/notes-about-touch-screens)
  * [XR/"Virtual production"](appendix/virtual-production-and-xr)
  * [DIY LCD Polarizer Removal](appendix/lcd-polarizer-removal)
  * [DIY Transparent Screens](appendix/diy-transparent-screens)
  * [Acknowledgements and Other References](appendix/acknowledgements-and-additional-references)
