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Nreal Teardown: Part 1, Clones and Birdbath Basics

Introduction I had the opportunity to do a teardown of both a Nreal development kit and the Nreal LG product sold in Korea. I completed the Nreal teardown before I got to see Lumus’s Maximus that I reported on last…

  • Karl Guttag
  • June 1, 2021
  • 15 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

Exclusive: Lumus Maximus 2K x 2K Per Eye, >3000 Nits, 50° FOV with Through-the-Optics Pictures

Introduction Ari Grobman, CEO, and Aviv Frommer, Executive VP R&D of Lumus, stopped by on their way to see several companies in the U.S. with their latest Lumus Maximus prototype (hereafter Maximus). And better yet, they said I could take…

  • Karl Guttag
  • May 24, 2021
  • 45 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Exclusive: Snap Spectacles Appears to Be Using WaveOptics and [an LCOS] a DLP Display

Update – Snap buys WaveOptics for over $500M About an hour or so after this article first when up, reports came out that Snap had bought WaveOptics for over $500M. I had no knowledge that this deal was happening. I…

  • Karl Guttag
  • May 21, 2021
  • 13 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Conferences, Micro-LED, Use Model

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, Micro-LED, Startups

GameStop, “Hold My Beer,” says Augmented Reality Companies

Introduction and Disclaimers I want to be clear that I am not a stock analyst or expert, and nothing in this article is meant to constitute stock advice. I currently hold stock in Microvision (laser scanning microdisplays) and eMagin (OLED…

  • Karl Guttag
  • February 5, 2021
  • 27 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Use Model

Mira – From <$20 Fishbowl To New Mario Kart Ride at Universal Japan (In About 4 years)

Introduction Today want to congratulate Mira Reality, a little over 4-year-old startup. Mira has seen their AR headset designed into a major theme park attraction at Universal Studios Japan. The theme park opened Nintendo World on Feb 4th, 2021, with…

  • Karl Guttag
  • February 4, 2021
  • 9 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Use Model

KGOnTech Video Presentations On Augmented Reality

In December and January, I was asked to present (virtually) at AR/VR MeetUps in New York and The Bay Area. Both of these presentations were recorded. Added together, it is almost 2 hours of me presenting on AR. They are…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 15, 2021
  • 2 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

Hololens 2 Display Evaluation (Part 6: Microsoft’s FUD on Photographs)

Introduction (Marketing FUD) Microsoft recently put up an FAQ page with the topic heading. Why am I unable to take an accurate photograph of my HoloLens 2 display?. The purpose of this FAQ seems to be to discourage and discredit talking…

  • Karl Guttag
  • September 6, 2020
  • 16 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
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