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Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Technology History, Use Model

Mira Prism and Dreamworld AR – (What Disney Should Have Done?)

That Was Fast – Two “Bug-Eye” Headsets A few days ago I published a story on the Disney Lenovo Optics and wondered why they didn’t use a much simpler “bug-eye” combiner optics similar to the Meta-2 (below right) which currently…

Karl Guttag
July 22, 2017
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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
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Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

AR/MR Optics for Combining Light for a See-Through Display (Part 1)

In general, people find the combining of an image with the real world somewhat magical; we see this with heads up displays (HUDs) as well as Augmented/Mixed Reality (AR/MR) headsets. Unlike Starwars R2D2 projection into thin air which was…