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Magic Leap Review Part 2 – Image Issues

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 optics displaying test patterns. Above left is a crop of…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 1, 2018
  • 22 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection, Technology History

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

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 above is from iFixit but with my labeling. It turns out…

  • Karl Guttag
  • August 23, 2018
  • 24 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Pico Projection, Startups, Technology History, Use Model

Karl Guttag Interview Parts 2 and 3 On The AR Show Podcast

Jason McDowall has posted parts 2 and 3 of his “The AR Show Podcast” interview with me.  Links to the show are below or you can subscribe to the podcast. Karl Guttag (KGOnTech) on Microdisplay Technologies and the Hype of…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 16, 2018
  • 4 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection, Startups, Technology History, Use Model

Interview On The AR Show Podcast

Jason McDowall asked me to be one of his first interviews for his new “The AR Show Podcast.” Jason asked many excellent questions covering my history in the electronics industry in part 1. In the upcoming part 2 of the interview,…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 6, 2018
  • 4 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Pico Projection, Startups, Technology History, Use Model

CES 2018 (Part 1 – AR Overview)

First, I just added a grammar checker to my computer which should help make this blog more readable. I tried it out in the last two articles, and it picked up a “few” (ok, if over 30 counts as few)…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 15, 2018
  • 54 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Magic Leap House of Cards – FSD, Waveguides, and Focus Planes

FSD, Waveguides, and Focus/Depth Planes – A Fatally Flawed Foundation While you can’t find what Magic Leap hypes as “photonic light field chip” anywhere in their patent application, they do discuss diffractive (mostly) waveguides. I have previously discussed some of…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 6, 2018
  • 7 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Technology History

Magic Leap Display Developments Revealed in 2017 – Part 1

Introduction It has been sometime since I wrote about Magic’s Leap’s technical activity. So I thought in light of the recent Rolling Stone reveal, it was time to discuss what Magic Leap is really doing and separating out the marketing…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 3, 2018
  • 22 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Collimation, Etendue, Nits (Background for Understanding Brightness)

[June 2024 Update – There were three dead links in this article. One has been resurrected by the “Wayback Machine,” but I could not find the other two.] Introduction I’m getting ready to write a much-requested set of articles on…

  • Karl Guttag
  • August 10, 2017
  • 33 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

Disney-Lenovo AR Headset – (Part 1 Optics)

Disney Announced Joint AR Development At D23 Disney at their D23 Fan Convention in Anaheim on July 15th, 2017 announced an Augmented Reality (AR) Headset jointly developed with Lenovo. Below is a crop and brightness enhanced still frame capture from…

  • Karl Guttag
  • July 18, 2017
  • 4 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups

Varjo Foveated Display (Part 1)

Introduction The startup Varjo recently announced and did a large number of interviews with the technical press about their Foveated Display (FD) Technology. I’m going to break this article into multiple parts, as currently planned, the first part will discuss…

  • Karl Guttag
  • June 26, 2017
  • 20 Comments
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