A dynamic infrared (IR) scene generation system comprising a thin-film screen configured to react to contact by an IR laser; a laser scanning system configured to contact the thin-film screen with laser beam, the laser scanning system comprising a laser scanner, one or more modulators, and an IR laser source; and an image processing system operably connected to a controller configured to control the laser scanning system based on data from the image processing system, wherein the laser scanning system can be configured to contact the thin-film screen with the IR laser based on an IR scene input.