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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
  • 18 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, 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
  • 50 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Magic Leap 2 (Pt. 3): Soft Edge Occlusion, a Solution for Investors and Not Users

2025/02/07 Correction: I misidentified the work of the University of Arizona as being the work of Arizona State University (ASU). Introduction In my last article, Magic Leap 2 (Pt. 2): Possible Answers from Patent Applications, I wrote that I had…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 28, 2021
  • 16 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
  • 7 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Magic Leap 2 for Enterprise, Really? Plus Another $500M

Introduction This blog has covered Magic Leap for nearly five years. I correctly predicted the key display capability of Magic Leap 1 three years before it was formally announced (See 2016 “best fit” and the iFixit Teardown I helped analyze…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 13, 2021
  • 8 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Conferences, Micro-LED, Use Model

AR Show Interview of Karl Guttag (Part 2) – Mapping AR Displays to Suitable Optics

Just a Quick Note on Part 2 of the Interview The AR Show with host Jason McDowall has published part 2 of a 3 part interview with me on AR. The podcast can be listed to on The AR Show…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 30, 2021
  • 5 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Technology History, Use Model

The AR Show: Karl Guttag On The Attack of the Clones and Magic Leap’s Wasted Opportunity (part1)

New Interview The AR Show Podcast just published a podcast interview with me: Karl Guttag (KGOnTech) on the Attack of the Clones and Magic Leap’s Wasted Opportunity (Part 1). The interview is going to be broken into 3 parts (ok,…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 23, 2021
  • 6 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Use Model

Mira – From <$20 Fishbowl To New Mario Kart Ride at Universal Japan (In About 4 years)

Introduction Today want to congratulate Mira Reality, a little over 4-year-old startup. Mira has seen their AR headset designed into a major theme park attraction at Universal Studios Japan. The theme park opened Nintendo World on Feb 4th, 2021, with…

  • Karl Guttag
  • February 4, 2021
  • 9 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

Hololens 2 Display Evaluation (Part 6: Microsoft’s FUD on Photographs)

Introduction (Marketing FUD) Microsoft recently put up an FAQ page with the topic heading. Why am I unable to take an accurate photograph of my HoloLens 2 display?. The purpose of this FAQ seems to be to discourage and discredit talking…

  • Karl Guttag
  • September 6, 2020
  • 16 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

Hololens 2 Display Evaluation (Part 2: Comparison to Hololens 1)

Introduction – Answering a Simple Question In response to Hololens 2 Display Evaluation (Part 1: LBS Visual Sausage Being Made), someone asked, “How does the Hololens 2 (HL2) compare to the Hololens 1 (HL1) in terms of image quality.” I…

  • Karl Guttag
  • July 8, 2020
  • 22 Comments
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