Hypervision: Micro-OLED vs. LCD – And Why the Apple Vision Pro is “Blurry”

The optics R&D  company Hypervision provided a detailed design analysis of the Apple Vision Pro's optical design in June 2023 (see Apple Vision Pro (Part 4) - Hypervision Pancake Optics Analysis). Hypervision just released an interesting analysis exploring whether Micro-OLEDs, as used by the Apple Vision Pro, or LCDs used by Meta and most others, can support high 60 pixels per degree, angular resolution, and a wide FOV. Hypervision's report is titled 60PPD: by fast LCD but not by micro OLED.

Apple Vision Pro Displays the Same Image Differently Depending on the Application

My last article Apple Vision Pro’s Optics Blurrier & Lower Contrast than Meta Quest 3, as should be expected, drew many comments (on my blog and elsewhere) saying that the Apple Vision Pro (AVP) was sharper than the Meta Quest 3 (MQ3). While I had checked it many times before releasing the previous article, I decided to go back and check again. This time, I used various applications on the AVP to show the same image with a side-by-side comparison. Surprisingly, displaying an image stored on the AVP from a folder gave me different results than other methods/apps.