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Update: A second reader with expertise in Waveguide believes (but, like my other reader, does not have direct knowledge) that the Snap Spectacles 5 is still using a waveguide with gratings on only one side. This second reader cites the…
Update (Oct. 19th, 2024) While the general premise of this article is that Meta Orion is using similar waveguide technology to Snap (Wave Optics) and that Magic Leap 2 is correct, it turns out that a number of assumptions about…
Introduction While Meta’s announced Orion prototype AR Glasses at Meta Connect made big news, there were few technical details beyond it having a 70-degree field of view (FOV) and using Silicon Carbide waveguides. While they demoed to the more general…
Introduction Based on information gathered at SID Display Week and AWE, I have many articles to write based on the thousands of pictures I took and things I learned. I have been organizing and editing the pictures. As its name…
Introduction At AWE 2024, I was on a panel discussion titled “The Current State and Future Direction of AR Glasses.” Jeri Ellsworth, CEO of Tilt Five, Ed Tang, CEO of Avegant, Adi Robertson, Senior Reporter at The Verge, and I…
The optics R&D company Hypervision provided a detailed design analysis of the Apple Vision Pro's optical design in June 2023 (see Apple Vision Pro (Part 4) - Hypervision Pancake Optics Analysis). Hypervision just released an interesting analysis exploring whether Micro-OLEDs, as used by the Apple Vision Pro, or LCDs used by Meta and most others, can support high 60 pixels per degree, angular resolution, and a wide FOV. Hypervision's report is titled 60PPD: by fast LCD but not by micro OLED.
This article will discuss non-display device companies followed by companies developing Holographic and Light Field displays. It is part 4 of my combined CES and AR/VR/MR 2024 coverage of over 50 Mixed Reality companies.
For this 2nd article on CES, I will go into more depth on the Sony XR in contrast to the Apple AVP, Digilens's new glasses, EverysIght, Mojie, and TCL's newest color MicorLED glasses.
For this 2nd article on CES, I will go into more depth on the Sony XR in contrast to the Apple AVP, Digilens's new glasses, EverysIght, Mojie, and TCL's newest color MicorLED glasses.
Introduction and Updates January is always extremely busy both with CES (last week) and the SPIE AR/VR/MR (next week) conferences and exhibitions. Not only is there the time to attend the events, but I also collect a massive amount of…
