Skip to content
  • About Karl M. Guttag (KGOnTech)
  • About KGOnTech
  • About Us
  • Account
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Contact
  • Contact
  • Default Width
  • Find Us
  • KGOnTech Blog
  • Login
  • Narrow Width
  • Right Sidebar
  • Test Patterns
  • Thank You
  • About
  • Home

Physical Address

304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124

KGOnTech
  • Blog Articles Home
  • About KGOnTech
  • Test Patterns
KGOnTech

Varjo Foveated Display and Passthrough AR at AWE 2018

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 6, 2018
  • 12 Comments

Introduction I’m long overdue to report on some things I saw at AWE in late May 2018. Having written two articles (article one and article two) back in 2017, I…

Read MoreVarjo Foveated Display and Passthrough AR at AWE 2018

North’s Focals Laser Beam Scanning AR Glasses – “Color Intel Vaunt”

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 25, 2018
  • 52 Comments

North’s Focals LBS AR Glasses Overview North (formerly Thalmic Labs) announced a few days ago (Oct 23, 2018) the “Focals” laser beam scanning-based AR glasses (aside: a set of confusing names).…

Read MoreNorth’s Focals Laser Beam Scanning AR Glasses – “Color Intel Vaunt”

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

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 22, 2018
  • 30 Comments

[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…

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

Magic Leap Review Part 2 – Image Issues

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 1, 2018
  • 22 Comments

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…

Read MoreMagic Leap Review Part 2 – Image Issues

Magic Leap Review Part 1 – The Terrible View Through Diffraction Gratings

  • Karl Guttag
  • September 26, 2018
  • 43 Comments

I have been studying the Magic Leap One (ML1) for a few weeks, taking over 1,000 photos and making many measurements. I’m bursting with things I want to talk about,…

Read MoreMagic Leap Review Part 1 – The Terrible View Through Diffraction Gratings

Wired UK: Is Palmer Luckey right about Magic Leap being a tragic heap?

  • Karl Guttag
  • September 2, 2018
  • 8 Comments

Wired UK reporter K.G. Orphanides was doing a follow up to Palmer Luckey’s Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap blog post and contacted me for my opinion. The Wired U.K. article is entitled, “Is…

Read MoreWired UK: Is Palmer Luckey right about Magic Leap being a tragic heap?

One Thing Palmer Luckey May Have Gotten Half-Wrong in His “Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap”

  • Karl Guttag
  • August 29, 2018
  • 6 Comments

As I wrote last time, Palmer Luckey in his article, “Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap” did a brilliant job of succinctly explaining how Magic Leap over-hyped their device and…

Read MoreOne Thing Palmer Luckey May Have Gotten Half-Wrong in His “Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap”

Palmer Luckey, Founder of Oculus, “Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap”

  • Karl Guttag
  • August 27, 2018
  • 6 Comments

I got a “pingback” that another site was linking to my blog article “Magic Leap Fiber Scanning Display (FSD) – “The Big Con” at the “Core.” It turned out that…

Read MorePalmer Luckey, Founder of Oculus, “Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap”

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

  • Karl Guttag
  • August 23, 2018
  • 24 Comments

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…

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

Joining RAVN as Chief Science Officer

  • Karl Guttag
  • July 4, 2018
  • 7 Comments

It is perhaps fitting that I make this announcement on the 4th of July as I am joining up with RAVN, a company led by a former Navy SEAL. The…

Read MoreJoining RAVN as Chief Science Officer

Magic Leap Livestream 02 Gives Up Some Clues

  • Karl Guttag
  • June 10, 2018
  • 12 Comments

Introduction In live video event that Magic Leap billed as “Meet Magic Leap One” (MLO) and promoted as, “Tune in to Twitch at 2 pm ET today as we walk…

Read MoreMagic Leap Livestream 02 Gives Up Some Clues

I will be at AWE 2018 in Santa Clara

  • Karl Guttag
  • May 24, 2018
  • 5 Comments

Just a quick note. I have been doing quite a bit of traveling lately and have not had time to update the blog. I’m going to be attending AWE 2018…

Read MoreI will be at AWE 2018 in Santa Clara

Magic Leap’s CEO Rony Abovitz Responds KGOnTech And Dodges Questions

  • Karl Guttag
  • April 15, 2018
  • 22 Comments

Introduction Rony Abovitz, CEO of Magic Leap, gave me a couple of shout-outs on his Twitter feed. I have cut and pasted images from the feed at the end of…

Read MoreMagic Leap’s CEO Rony Abovitz Responds KGOnTech And Dodges Questions

Made #1 on Hacker News – Website Problems Hopefully Resolved

  • Karl Guttag
  • April 14, 2018
  • 1 Comment

My last blog article on the Terrible View of the Real World through the Magic Leap One made the Top Story on Hacker News. That good news set off a series…

Read MoreMade #1 on Hacker News – Website Problems Hopefully Resolved
Prev
1 … 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 … 22
Next
No results

Categories

  • Augmented Reality and HMD (218)
  • Use Model (103)
  • Pico Projection (95)
  • Startups (81)
  • LCOS (77)

Tags

  • AR (126)
  • Augmented Reality (107)
  • Magic Leap (100)
  • HoloLens (93)
  • Head Mounted Display (81)

Year

  • 2026 (1)
  • 2025 (21)
  • 2024 (35)
  • 2023 (27)
  • 2022 (16)

Categories

  • Augmented Reality and HMD (218)
  • Conferences (38)
  • DLP (32)
  • Foveation (6)
  • HUD (2)
  • Intellectual Property (5)
  • Laser Beam Scanning Projectors (32)
  • Laser Projection (12)
  • LCOS (63)
  • Micro-LED (49)
  • OLED (28)
  • Photography (3)
  • Pico Projection (95)
  • Startups (81)
  • Technology History (38)
  • Uncategorized (16)
  • Use Model (103)
  • Website (7)

Recent Posts

  • CES & AR/VR/MR 2026 Quick Takeaways (Part 1: Android/Google XR and Meta) March 9, 2026
  • AR Conferences 2026 and Laser Display December 18, 2025
  • Meta Ray-Ban Display Part 1 (Lumus Waveguide, OmniVision LCOS, and Goertek Projection Engine) October 30, 2025
  • Meta Ray-Ban AR Glasses Show Lumus Waveguide Structures in Leaked Video September 16, 2025
  • Voices of VR Interview 2023 & MicroLED-AR/VR Connect Conference 2025 September 2, 2025
  • Snap Spectacles at CES, AR/VR/MR, & AWE 2025, Consumer Product in 2026 August 7, 2025

Archives

Blogroll

  • Display Daily
  • MicroLED-Info

Trending now

CES & AR/VR/MR 2026 Quick Takeaways (Part 1: Android/Google XR and Meta)

Copyright © 2011-2026 KGOnTech LLC

 

Loading Comments...