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Hololens 2 Display Evaluation (Part 1: LBS Visual Sausage Being Made)

Introduction A Hololens 2 (HL2) was purchased directly from the Microsoft store online, and I have been evaluating its display technology for a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, this further pushed out my article on MicroLEDs that I have been working.…

  • Karl Guttag
  • July 4, 2020
  • 43 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

Florida Independent Says Microvision Acquisition will be Announced May 12, 2020 [Microsoft Denies Rumor on May 12, 2012]

May 12, 2020 (PM) – Microsoft denies rumors they are buying Microvision. See follow up article from May 12th. May 12, 2020 (PM) – Users on Reddit r/MVIS forum traced the source of The Florida Independent story May 12th to…

  • Karl Guttag
  • May 11, 2020
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Pico Projection

Microvision Worth More Dead Than Alive – Stock Jumps 147% in a Day

[May 5, 2020 – Added a small section on direct retinal scanning (ex. North Focals)] Disclosures In February 2019, when I realized that Microvision’s technology was definitely going to be used in Hololens 2 (HL2),  I bought what was for…

  • Karl Guttag
  • May 5, 2020
  • 13 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection, Technology History

Saying “Moore’s Law or Apple” Does Not Make AR a Consumer Product

First, a Request for Input on Apple’s AR Effort Before I get started on the article (although this is related), I would like to make a request for help in identifying what Apple is doing in AR. Apple has R&D…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 24, 2019
  • 15 Comments
  • Pico Projection

“Why is making good AR displays so hard?” Article by Daniel Wagner, the CTO of Daqri

Back to Blogging I apologize for the long break, there were a lot of personal things that got in the way, including moving houses, a bunch of travel, and our new startup RAVN ramping up. I then had a writer’s…

  • Karl Guttag
  • August 9, 2019
  • 14 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, Pico Projection, Startups, Use Model

CES 2019 – Nreal

Quick Note On Photonics West Next Week I’m going to Photonics West next week in San Francisco. I plan on attending the AR/VR sessions on Feb. 3rd and 4th followed by the main show on the 5th and 6th. If…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 29, 2019
  • 29 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Pico Projection, Startups, Use Model

Photonics West 2019 – I Will Be There Feb 3rd through the 6th

Just a quick note. I’m going to Photonics West next week in San Francisco. I plan on attending the AR/VR sessions on the 3rd and 4th followed by the main show on the 5th and 6th. If you would like…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 28, 2019
  • 6 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
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