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Introduction – Display Skeptics Videos It can take me weeks to prepare an in-depth study of a particular AR product, and I have been looking for an outlet to provide…
In Part 1 of this multi-part series on the Meta Ray Ban Display Glasses, I will focus on the display and optical path.
Introduction Just a short note today. I’m in the middle of my trip, which will end in Eindhoven next week (see notice at the end of this article), when I…
I'm to be very busy in September, including traveling to and speaking at the MicroLED and AR/VR Connect conference in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from September 23rd to 25th. If you would like to meet with me in Eindhoven, please send a meeting request to meet@kgontech.com.
I also want to let you know about an interview I did with The Voices of VR Podcast at AWE 2023, which was released on August 2, 2025.
Snap has been making the rounds in 2025 in preparation for the launch of its consumer AR glasses in 2026. Snap introduced the Snap Spectacles 5 developer kit model in October 2024. This article discusses information I have gathered Snap Spectacles over the last year.
I just wanted to let all my readers know that the presentation I gave at AWE on June 12th, 2025, is now available on YouTube. The Video is 27 minutes long, including about 7 minutes of Q&A, and covers many of the practical and technical issues facing glasses form factor AI glasses, which include a display.
Introduction – Correcting Google AR Glasses Using Raxium MicroLEDs As I often say, few will volunteer information, but many will correct you. This is the case with my supposition about…
Last week, I gave a presentation at The Vintage Computer Festival Southwest (VCF SouthWest) about the development of the TMS9918 (and related devices), which I helped define, design, simulate, and debug from September 1977 through mid-1978. In addition to the presentation, I participated in a one-hour question-and-answer session hosted by Matthew Hagarty. Matthew has developed a series of FPGA-based 9918 emulators, the latest of which is pin-compatible except for providing R, G, and B output rather than composite video.
Several technology demonstrations stood out to me at Display Week (DW) 2025. This article will cover Playnitride's Quantum Dot (QD) based full-color MicroLED, combined with Lumus's geometric (also known as reflective waveguide) technology.
As I wrote in may last article, Lumus showed me a "fantastically tiny projector" connected to their waveguide.
Rivet Industries was founded in 2024 by people that worked on Microsoft Hololens. In looking at their website, I discovered that they were using Lumus geometric waveguides. In addition to Microsoft, Rivet also has connections' in Peter Thiel's Palantir Technologies. Rivet may be more than your everyday startup.
Meta and Google are both working on AR/AI glasses that are Monocular, Full Color, and using LCOS MicroDisplays (rather than MicroLEDs). It looks to me like Meta has chosen Lumus for its reflective waveguide while Google is using Applied Materials Diffractive Waveguide with an Avegant projector engine.
SID Display Week (DW) 2025 is coming to San Jose, CA, May 11–16. My last two articles discussed LCOS technology I saw at DW 2024 and MicroLEDs for AR at DW 2024. This article will concentrate on Micro-OLED (also known as OLEDs on Silicon), which could be used in optics-see-through (OST) Augmented Reality (AR) or Virtual Reality (VR) headsets.
Introduction This is just a short notice about a video presentation I am about to make this week. I also want to let my readers know that the SPIE AR/VR/MR…
SID Display Week (DW) 2025 is coming to San Jose, CA, May 11–16. My last article discussed the LCOS technology I saw at Display Week 2024, and this article will cover many MicroLED technologies. Of the conferences I go to regularly, Display Week has the most information I have found from MicroLED companies in one place.
