How do Star Trek viewscreens have depth perception?

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This has bothered me ever since I noticed it; the viewscreen in The Next Generation maintains depth perception even when viewed from an angle when, I would imagine, such an angle should start to warp the image (like with TVs in real life).



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I simply shrugged all this off as out-of-universe "movie magic", thinking that the creators prioritized aesthetics over logic. But then I watched this fascinating video:








In the video, he implies that this was all intentional; that the vliewscreens were meant to showcase some fancy, futuristic 3D/depth- perception-capable tv screen technology.
Is there really such an in-universe explanation in Star Trek?






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    You are assuming that the viewscreen is just a TV. I guess it is just reasonable that they advanced technology enough to have a proper 3D screen.
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This has bothered me ever since I noticed it; the viewscreen in The Next Generation maintains depth perception even when viewed from an angle when, I would imagine, such an angle should start to warp the image (like with TVs in real life).



enter image description here



I simply shrugged all this off as out-of-universe "movie magic", thinking that the creators prioritized aesthetics over logic. But then I watched this fascinating video:








In the video, he implies that this was all intentional; that the vliewscreens were meant to showcase some fancy, futuristic 3D/depth- perception-capable tv screen technology.
Is there really such an in-universe explanation in Star Trek?






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    You are assuming that the viewscreen is just a TV. I guess it is just reasonable that they advanced technology enough to have a proper 3D screen.
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This has bothered me ever since I noticed it; the viewscreen in The Next Generation maintains depth perception even when viewed from an angle when, I would imagine, such an angle should start to warp the image (like with TVs in real life).



enter image description here



I simply shrugged all this off as out-of-universe "movie magic", thinking that the creators prioritized aesthetics over logic. But then I watched this fascinating video:








In the video, he implies that this was all intentional; that the vliewscreens were meant to showcase some fancy, futuristic 3D/depth- perception-capable tv screen technology.
Is there really such an in-universe explanation in Star Trek?






star-trek star-trek-tng technology







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This has bothered me ever since I noticed it; the viewscreen in The Next Generation maintains depth perception even when viewed from an angle when, I would imagine, such an angle should start to warp the image (like with TVs in real life).



enter image description here



I simply shrugged all this off as out-of-universe "movie magic", thinking that the creators prioritized aesthetics over logic. But then I watched this fascinating video:








In the video, he implies that this was all intentional; that the vliewscreens were meant to showcase some fancy, futuristic 3D/depth- perception-capable tv screen technology.
Is there really such an in-universe explanation in Star Trek?














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    You are assuming that the viewscreen is just a TV. I guess it is just reasonable that they advanced technology enough to have a proper 3D screen.
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    You are assuming that the viewscreen is just a TV. I guess it is just reasonable that they advanced technology enough to have a proper 3D screen.
    – Polygnome
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You are assuming that the viewscreen is just a TV. I guess it is just reasonable that they advanced technology enough to have a proper 3D screen.
– Polygnome
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You are assuming that the viewscreen is just a TV. I guess it is just reasonable that they advanced technology enough to have a proper 3D screen.
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There's no on-screen canon explanation given.



However, the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Technical Manual states




The main viewer display matrix includes omni-holographic display elements and is thus capable of displaying three-dimensional information.







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As far as I can remember, they never gave any kind of explanation in-universe for how the viewscreens work.






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    However, the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Technical Manual states




    The main viewer display matrix includes omni-holographic display elements and is thus capable of displaying three-dimensional information.







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    There's no on-screen canon explanation given.



    However, the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Technical Manual states




    The main viewer display matrix includes omni-holographic display elements and is thus capable of displaying three-dimensional information.







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    There's no on-screen canon explanation given.



    However, the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Technical Manual states




    The main viewer display matrix includes omni-holographic display elements and is thus capable of displaying three-dimensional information.







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    There's no on-screen canon explanation given.



    However, the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Technical Manual states




    The main viewer display matrix includes omni-holographic display elements and is thus capable of displaying three-dimensional information.








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