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

Physical Address

304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124

Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest YouTube
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.
KGOnTech
  • Blog Articles Home
  • About KGOnTech
  • Test Patterns
KGOnTech
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

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, DLP, LCOS

Exclusive: Snap Buying Compound Photonics (LCOS and MicroLED)

Introduction On May 21, 2021, this blog broke the news that Snap was going to use WaveOptics, and just two hours later, news broke that Snap had bought WaveOptics. In that article, I speculated that WaveOptics was moving toward using…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 7, 2022
  • 11 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Use Model

Exclusive: Imagine Optix Bought By Meta – Half Dome 3’s Varifocal Tech – Meta, Valve, and Apple on Collision Course?

Introduction Following up on Meta’s Cambria (Part 2): Is It Half Dome 3? has led to a bit of intrigue. One of my readers pointed out that as stated in the Facebook/Meta’s Doug Lanman’s video EI 2020 Plenary: Quality Screen…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 17, 2021
  • 13 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Use Model

Meta’s Cambria (Part 2): Is It Half Dome 3?

Introduction After my last article, Meta (aka Facebook) Cambria Electrically Controllable LC Lens for VAC?, many people were pointing me to Half Dome 3 (HD3) and in particular a Doug Lanman, Director of Display Systems Research at Facebook Reality Lab,…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 13, 2021
  • 7 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Use Model

Meta (aka Facebook) Cambria Electrically Controllable LC Lens for VAC?

Introduction – Surprise Finding on Meta Cambria I just discovered something I have not seen reported anywhere else about what might be in Meta’s (aka Facebook) next-generation VR headset Cambria discussed last month’s Meta Connect 2021 video.   While writing…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 6, 2021
  • 10 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection, Startups, Use Model

AWE 2021 Part 2: Laser Scanning – Oqmented, Dispelix, and ST Micro

Introduction In my last article, I discussed my thought on Tilt-5, which I saw for the first time at AWE. For this article, I’m grouping ST Microelectronics (ST-Micro), Oqmented, and Dispelix as they are all involved in laser beam scanning…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 30, 2021
  • 4 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, 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
1 2 3 4 5
Next
No results

Categories

  • Augmented Reality and HMD (141)
  • Conferences (3)
  • DLP (25)
  • Foveation (1)
  • HUD (2)
  • Intellectual Property (1)
  • Laser Beam Scanning Projectors (24)
  • Laser Projection (3)
  • LCOS (38)
  • Micro-LED (20)
  • OLED (20)
  • Pico Projection (89)
  • Startups (55)
  • Technology History (32)
  • Uncategorized (5)
  • Use Model (71)
  • Website (1)

Recent Posts

  • Attending AWE 2022 and NYAR “Debate” Video May 27, 2022
  • “The Great AR Display Debate” with Jeri Ellsworth on April 11th and Back to the Blog April 7, 2022
  • Speaking at SID LA Chapter One Day Symposium February 17th, 2022 February 15, 2022
  • US Mortgage Rates vs. Inflation (off topic) February 6, 2022
  • Microsoft Hololens Reportedly in Trouble, Another “One and Done” for Microvision? February 4, 2022
  • Magic Leap 2 at SPIE AR/VR/MR 2022 January 31, 2022

Archives

Blogroll

  • Display Daily
  • MicroLED-Info

Trending now

I’m Back
CES 2018 Part 2 (Aftermarket Heads Up Display – HUD)
CES 2019 – AR and other Interesting Display Technology
Hololens 2 is Likely Using Laser Beam Scanning Display: Bad Combined with Worse

Copyright © 2021 KGOnTech LLC

 

Loading Comments...