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September 19th, 2020 Pardon our dust, the blog is currently being updated — There may be a few glitches for a few days
Meta Ray-Ban Display Part 1 (Lumus Waveguide, OmniVision LCOS, and Goertek Projection Engine)
In Part 1 of this multi-part series on the Meta Ray Ban Display Glasses, I will focus on the display and optical path.
Meta Ray-Ban AR Glasses Show Lumus Waveguide Structures in Leaked Video
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 heard that Meta had leaked a video on YouTube of its Monocular AR glasses, which are expected to be disclosed at Meta Connect tomorrow, September…
Voices of VR Interview 2023 & MicroLED-AR/VR Connect Conference 2025
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…
Snap Spectacles at CES, AR/VR/MR, & AWE 2025, Consumer Product in 2026
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.
My AWE AR/AI Glasses Presention Video
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…
Google XR Glasses Using Google’s Raxium MicroLEDs While Waveguide Lab Sold to Vuzix
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 Google’s XR glasses prototype. In “Meta Hypernova and Google AR/AI Glasses – Lumus & Avegant Inside, Both Using LCOS MicroDisplays,” I mistakenly concluded that Google’s…
TMS9918, The First Sprite Chip – Presentation at VCF SouthWest
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…
Exclusive – Playnitride Single Chip Full Color MicroLED & Lumus Waveguide with a “Fantasically Tiny Projector”
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.
Exclusive: Rivet Industries Using Lumus Waveguides for Military & Industrial AR
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 Hypernova and Google AR/AI Glasses – Lumus & Avegant Inside, Both Using LCOS MicroDisplays
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.
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