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Microsoft Hololens Reportedly in Trouble, Another “One and Done” for Microvision?

Introduction – Business Insider Story Thee Business Insider (BI) Headline states, “Inside Microsoft’s mixed reality mess, where confusion, rivalries, and canceled projects have roiled the company’s metaverse strategy.” (behind paywall). Other news sources have also reported problems at Hololens such…

  • Karl Guttag
  • February 4, 2022
  • 16 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Magic Leap 2 at SPIE AR/VR/MR 2022

Magic Leap 2 Presentation Was the Hit of the Conference Kevin Curtis (Curtis), Magic Leap’s VP of Optical Engineering, presentation “Unveiling Magic Leap 2’s Advanced AR Platform and Revolutionary Optics” at the SPIE AR/VR/MR conference created the most buzz of…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 31, 2022
  • 15 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, LCOS, Startups

AWE 2021 Part 1 – Tilt-5 Was Magical

Introduction It was nice to get out and actually look through AR and VR displays at AWE 2021. I started to write about everything I saw at AWE, but to me Tilt-5 was such a standout that I decided to…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 19, 2021
  • 43 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Intellectual Property, LCOS

Magic Leap 2 (Pt. 3): Soft Edge Occlusion, a Solution for Investors and Not Users

Introduction In my last article, Magic Leap 2 (Pt. 2): Possible Answers from Patent Applications, I wrote that I had found so far four patent applications by Magic Leap discussing pixelated dimming; 20210141229 (‘229), US20210048676 (‘676), (US20210003872 (‘872), and US20200074724 (‘724). As…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 28, 2021
  • 9 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

AWE 2021 Santa Clara Convention Center November 9-11 – I’m Going

I’m going to AWE 2021, Nov. 9-11th I plan to be at AWE 2021 at the Santa Clara Convention Center for all three days, November 9-11th. This will be my first in-person convention since the AR/VR/MR Conference in early 2020.…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 25, 2021
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups

Magic Leap 2 (Pt. 2): Possible Answers from Patent Applications

Introduction – “Surely, they were not so desperate” — but they appear to be! This article is a follow-up to the last article, Magic Leap 2 for Enterprise, Really? Plus Another $500M. When I first saw that Magic Leap was…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 22, 2021
  • 5 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Intellectual Property, LCOS

Magic Leap 2 for Enterprise, Really? Plus Another $500M

Introduction This blog has covered Magic Leap for nearly five years. I correctly predicted the key display capability of Magic Leap 1 three years before it was formally announced (See 2016 “best fit” and the iFixit Teardown I helped analyze…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 13, 2021
  • 7 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection, Use Model

Amazon Glow – Fake Images and a Questionable Concept

Introduction – “Kickstarter Quality Fakes” and a Bad Concept Last week Amazon announced several (not so) new concepts. My attention was grabbed by all the fake images associated with the Amazon Glow. The Glow incorporates a small “down projector” (projects…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 8, 2021
  • 1 Comment
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Foveation

EyeWay Vision Part 3: Analysis

Introduction This article is part 3 on EyeWay Vision’s (EyeWay) foveated laser scanning display and follows up on Part 1 that discussed the technology, and Part 2 that showed through-the-optics images. It will go through my thoughts on why I…

  • Karl Guttag
  • September 7, 2021
  • 13 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Startups, Use Model

Nreal Teardown: Part 2, Detailed Look Inside

Introduction Following up on Part 1 of the Nreal SDK and LG product teardown, in this part I’m going to show a lot of pictures of the internal components. In some cases, I’m literally going to peel the optics apart…

  • Karl Guttag
  • June 4, 2021
  • 13 Comments
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