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Hololens 2 (HL2): “Scan Lines” Making Text Hard to Read and Quality Issues with Waveguides

Update (Dec 4th, 2019) Post Referred To In Original Article Deleted – News Control: Within 12 hours of the original article being posted, the posts/threads on Facebook’s Hololens Developer’s Group that I linked to in the original article have been…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 3, 2019
  • 10 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Intellectual Property, LCOS, Startups

Magic Leap 2, Many Unsold ML1s, Mortgaging Patents, & Needing More Money

Intro: $2.6 Billion Was Just Not Enough for Magic Leap and Series-E Marketing Tour I have received more information from multiple sources as a result of my story, All Magic Leap Patents Have Apparently Been Assigned To J.P. Chase Morgan…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 12, 2019
  • 17 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Hololens 2 Is Shipping, But Not Really That Many

Is Hololens 2 Really Shipping? Many tech sites, including Engadget, The Verge, ZDNet, Next Reality, and CNET are reporting that Hololens 2 is “officially” shipping as of today as a price of $3,500 for the bare-bones hardware-only version. But before…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 8, 2019
  • 16 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

Starts with Ray-Ban®, Ends Up Like Hololens

Introduction Just a quick update to my last article this time. I found another “No Moore’s Law” for optics reference that was the subject of my last article, “Saying “Moore’s Law or Apple” Does Not Make AR a Consumer Product.”…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 5, 2019
  • 22 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Intellectual Property, Pico Projection, Technology History

Saying “Moore’s Law or Apple” Does Not Make AR a Consumer Product

First, a Request for Input on Apple’s AR Effort Before I get started on the article (although this is related), I would like to make a request for help in identifying what Apple is doing in AR. Apple has R&D…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 24, 2019
  • 14 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

FOV: AR and The View of the Real World

Introduction In this article, I want to discuss what seems often overlooked in AR Field of View (FOV) discussions, namely the view of the real world. It seems like for some headsets, the view of the real world is almost…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 21, 2019
  • 9 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Startups, Use Model

Hololens 2 Video with Microvision “Easter Egg” Plus Some Hololens and Magic Leap Rumors

Introduction My next article was going to be about the view through AR devices, but a 1-hour video of Alex Kipman, Microsoft Fellow, discussing the Hololens 2 (HL2) at ETH October, 3rd 2019 (ETH Video) was just released. I decided…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 10, 2019
  • 26 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

FOV Obsession

Introduction One thing that continually confounds me is the high percentage of people, who when discussing AR, seem to only care about the display’s field of view (FOV) as if it is the only specification that matters. This obsession with…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 7, 2019
  • 10 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Intellectual Property, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Laser Projection, LCOS, Pico Projection

Hololens 2 First Impressions: Good Ergonomics, But The LBS Resolution Math Fails!

Update Feb 28, 2019 Updated that Microsoft is using 3:2 aspect ratio A report from some that used a Hololen 2 that they saw flicker on the outside of the image(as I predicted). Blog Down for 20 Hours thanks to…

  • Karl Guttag
  • February 27, 2019
  • 47 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Intellectual Property, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Laser Projection, LCOS, Micro-LED, Pico Projection, Startups, Use Model

Hololens 2 is Likely Using Laser Beam Scanning Display: Bad Combined with Worse

I have been wanting to get this article out for some time but have been very busy with some personal matters and catching up from a lot of traveling. To get this article out ahead of the likely Hololens 2…

  • Karl Guttag
  • February 22, 2019
  • 69 Comments
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