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AR Show Interview of Karl Guttag (Part 2) – Mapping AR Displays to Suitable Optics

Just a Quick Note on Part 2 of the Interview The AR Show with host Jason McDowall has published part 2 of a 3 part interview with me on AR. The podcast can be listed to on The AR Show…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 30, 2021
  • 5 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Technology History, Use Model

The AR Show: Karl Guttag On The Attack of the Clones and Magic Leap’s Wasted Opportunity (part1)

New Interview The AR Show Podcast just published a podcast interview with me: Karl Guttag (KGOnTech) on the Attack of the Clones and Magic Leap’s Wasted Opportunity (Part 1). The interview is going to be broken into 3 parts (ok,…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 23, 2021
  • 6 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Hololens Display Evaluation (Part 5: Poor Intensity Control)

Introduction – Following Up on Color Control As I noted in Hololens Display Evaluation (Part 3: Color Uniformity), one the first things when I first tried a Hololens 2 (HL2) was that colors were washed out (see below). The color…

  • Karl Guttag
  • August 1, 2020
  • 12 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

Hololens 2 Display Evaluation (Part 2: Comparison to Hololens 1)

Introduction – Answering a Simple Question In response to Hololens 2 Display Evaluation (Part 1: LBS Visual Sausage Being Made), someone asked, “How does the Hololens 2 (HL2) compare to the Hololens 1 (HL1) in terms of image quality.” I…

  • Karl Guttag
  • July 8, 2020
  • 22 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

Hololens 2 First Impressions: Good Ergonomics, But The LBS Resolution Math Fails!

Update Feb 28, 2019 Hololens 2 Announcement Feb 24th As Expected, the Hololens 2 (HL2) was announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on Feb 24th, 2019. As I reported last time prior to the announcement, HL2 it is…

  • Karl Guttag
  • February 27, 2019
  • 49 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Pico Projection, Startups, Use Model

Hololens 2 is Likely Using Laser Beam Scanning Display: Bad Combined with Worse

I have been wanting to get this article out for some time but have been very busy with some personal matters and catching up from a lot of traveling. To get this article out ahead of the likely Hololens 2…

  • Karl Guttag
  • February 22, 2019
  • 69 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Pico Projection, Startups, Use Model

CES 2019 – AR and Other Interesting Display Technology

2019-06-28: Corrected Nreal’s light throughput to be 30% Introduction I had another busy four days a CES this year, followed by catching a lingering cold and having a business trip. So, I am just starting to write about what I…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 24, 2019
  • 70 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Magic Leap, HoloLens, and Lumus Resolution “Shootout” (ML1 review part 3)

[Nov. 1, 2018 Update – A systems engineer from Raontech contacted the blog to let me know that severe asymmetry in the LCOS response noted with DK-Vision prototype using prototype Raontech displays does not occur on their production 1080p devices and…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 22, 2018
  • 30 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

Magic Leap Review Part 2 – Image Issues

In the last article, I showed what the real world looks like through the Magic Leap One (ML1). For this article, am going to share some pictures I took through the ML1 optics displaying test patterns. Above left is a crop of…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 1, 2018
  • 22 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection, Technology History

iFixit’s Magic Leap One Teardown Confirms KGOnTech’s Analysis From November 2016

Just a quick, but timely note today. I was asked by iFixit to help them identify the optical components for their Magic Leap One (ML1) teardown published today. The picture above is from iFixit but with my labeling. It turns out…

  • Karl Guttag
  • August 23, 2018
  • 24 Comments
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