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Magic Leap: “The Information” Article

The Information: The Reality Behind Magic Leap The online news magazine “The Information” released the article “The Reality Behind Magic Leap” on Dec. 8th, 2016, by Reed Albergotti and in the story gave a link to this blog. So you…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 9, 2016
  • 1 Comment
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups

Magic Leap & Hololens: Waveguide Ego Trip?

The Dark Side of Waveguides Flat and thin waveguides are certainly impressive optical devices. It is almost magical how you can put light into what looks a lot like thin plates of glass and an small image will go on…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 8, 2016
  • 28 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Magic Leap: When Reality Hits the Fan

Largely A Summary With Some New Information I have covered a lot of material and even then only glossed at the surface of what I have learned about Magic Leap (ML). By combining the information available (patent applications, articles, and…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 6, 2016
  • 16 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, DLP, Laser Projection, LCOS

Magic Leap – Fiber Scanning Display Follow UP

Some Newer Information On Fiber Scanning Through some discussions and further searching I found some more information about Fiber Scanning Displays (FSD) that I wanted to share. If anything, this material further supports the contention that Magic Leap (ML) is…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 1, 2016
  • 7 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Laser Projection, Startups

Magic Leap – No Fiber Scan Display (FSD)

Sorry, No Fiber Scan Displays For those that only want my conclusion, I will cut to the chase. Anyone that believes Magic Leap (ML) is going to have a Laser Fiber Scanned Display (FSD) anytime soon (as in the next decade)…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 28, 2016
  • 9 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection, Technology History

Magic Leap – Separating Magic and Reality

The Goal – Explain What is Magic Leap Doing Magic Leap has a way of talking about what they hope to do someday and not necessarily what they can do anytime soon.  Their patent applications are full of things that are totally…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 20, 2016
  • 39 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Technology History

Magic Leap Video – Optical Issues and a Resolution Estimate

As per my previous post Magic Leaps display technology what Magic Leap is using in their YouTube through the lens demos may or may not be what they will use in the final product. I’m making an assessment of their publicly available videos and patents.…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 13, 2016
  • 6 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, DLP, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Laser Projection, LCOS, Startups

Magic Leap – The Display Technology Used in their Videos

So, what display technology is Magic Leap (ML) using, at least in their posted videos?   I believe the videos rule out a number of the possible display devices, and by a process of elimination it leaves only one likely technology. Hint: it…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 9, 2016
  • 24 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

Magic Leap “A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma”

So what is Magic Leap doing?  That is the $1.4 billion dollar question. I have been studying their patents as well as videos and articles about them and frankly a lot of it does not add up.   The “Hype Factor”…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 4, 2016
  • 27 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

AR/MR Combiners Part 2 – Hololens

Microsoft’s Hololens is perhaps the most most well known device using flat “waveguide” optics to “combine” the real world with computer graphics. Note there are no actual “holograms” anywhere in Hololens by the scientific definition. At left is a picture from the…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 27, 2016
  • 10 Comments
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