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MicroLED + AR/VR Connect and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO)

Last month I attended and participated in MicroLED and AR/VR Connect in Eindhoven. This conference reminds me of the early days of SPIE’s AR/VR/MR conference in that it is drawing some excellent speakers and companies while still offering some excellent opportunities to meet and network with people.

As a sign of the times, it…

Silicon Carbide Waveguides Pros and Cons

Introduction At Meta Connect in September 2024, Meta demonstrated its Orion prototype, which uses Silicon Carbide (SiC) diffractive waveguides to support a 70-degree FOV (see my several articles and videos on Orion). On several occasions, Meta has stated that it hoped Orion’s demonstration of SiC waveguides would encourage further development of the necessary infrastructure and…

“Transparent” Near-to-Eye Displays

Ron Mertens of OLED-Info, MicroLED-Info, the MicroLED Association, and one of the organizers of MicroLED & AR/VR Connect asked for my input on “Why is there no ‘simple’ solution, where we place a transparent display in front of the user [for AR]?” Or more simply, why aren’t ‘transparent’ OLEDs/MicroLEDs being used in optical-see-through (OST) AR…

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