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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, 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, OLED, Pico Projection, Startups, Use Model

CES 2019 – Nreal

Quick Note On Photonics West Next Week I’m going to Photonics West next week in San Francisco. I plan on attending the AR/VR sessions on Feb. 3rd and 4th followed by the main show on the 5th and 6th. If…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 29, 2019
  • 28 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, DLP, HUD, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Laser Projection, LCOS, Micro-LED, OLED, Pico Projection, Startups, Use Model

CES 2019 – AR and other Interesting Display Technology

2019-06-28: Corrected Nreal’s light throughput to be 30% Introduction I had another busy four days a CES this year, followed by catching a lingering cold and having a business trip. So, I am just starting to write about what I…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 24, 2019
  • 70 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Intellectual Property, Use Model

Varjo Foveated Display and Passthrough AR at AWE 2018

Introduction I’m long overdue to report on some things I saw at AWE in late May 2018. Having written two articles (article one and article two) back in 2017, I was curious to see the Varjo demonstration. In recent news,…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 6, 2018
  • 12 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, LCOS

Magic Leap, HoloLens, and Lumus Resolution “Shootout” (ML1 review part 3)

[Nov. 1, 2018 Update – A systems engineer from Raontech contacted the blog to let me know that severe asymmetry in the LCOS response noted with DK-Vision prototype using prototype Raontech displays does not occur on their production 1080p devices and…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 22, 2018
  • 30 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, LCOS, Pico Projection

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
  • 20 Comments
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