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AWE 2021 Part 2: Laser Scanning – Oqmented, Dispelix, and ST Micro

Introduction In my last article, I discussed my thought on Tilt-5, which I saw for the first time at AWE. For this article, I’m grouping ST Microelectronics (ST-Micro), Oqmented, and Dispelix as they are all involved in laser beam scanning…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 30, 2021
  • 6 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Startups

GameStop, “Hold My Beer,” says Augmented Reality Companies

Introduction and Disclaimers I want to be clear that I am not a stock analyst or expert, and nothing in this article is meant to constitute stock advice. I currently hold stock in Microvision (laser scanning microdisplays) and eMagin (OLED…

  • Karl Guttag
  • February 5, 2021
  • 27 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Hololens Display Evaluation (Part 5: Poor Intensity Control)

Introduction – Following Up on Color Control As I noted in Hololens Display Evaluation (Part 3: Color Uniformity), one the first things when I first tried a Hololens 2 (HL2) was that colors were washed out (see below). The color…

  • Karl Guttag
  • August 1, 2020
  • 12 Comments
  • Micro-LED, Pico Projection

Hololens 2 Display Evaluation (Part 4: LBS Optics)

Introduction I received an email from David Kessler, an expert in optics and who has designed several laser beam scanning displays. In that email, David wrote that my speculation Hololens 2 (HL2) might be using the pupil expansion method shown in their…

  • Karl Guttag
  • July 17, 2020
  • 17 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Hololens Display Evaluation (Part 3: Color Uniformity)

Introduction – A Single Image With Both the Left and Right Displays For today, I’m going to show a single image as seen through the left and right display in the Hololens 2 (HL2). I have verified that the pictures…

  • Karl Guttag
  • July 10, 2020
  • 10 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Teardown Shows Microvision Inside Hololens 2

Introduction Just a quick article today on some new based on a Microvision stockholder proving, once and for all, that Microvision technology was used in the Hololens 2. I’m working on a MicroLED series and the first part should appear…

  • Karl Guttag
  • May 18, 2020
  • 6 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Microsoft Denies They are Buying Microvision

The VR/AR Association had a live webinar on May 12, 2020 [today as of this writing]. In the Q&A portion of that webinar, Alison Fehling of Microsoft was asked in the chat many times about the rumors of Microsoft buying…

  • Karl Guttag
  • May 12, 2020
  • 11 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

Florida Independent Says Microvision Acquisition will be Announced May 12, 2020 [Microsoft Denies Rumor on May 12, 2012]

May 12, 2020 (PM) – Microsoft denies rumors they are buying Microvision. See follow up article from May 12th. May 12, 2020 (PM) – Users on Reddit r/MVIS forum traced the source of The Florida Independent story May 12th to…

  • Karl Guttag
  • May 11, 2020
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Pico Projection

Microvision Worth More Dead Than Alive – Stock Jumps 147% in a Day

[May 5, 2020 – Added a small section on direct retinal scanning (ex. North Focals)] Disclosures In February 2019, when I realized that Microvision’s technology was definitely going to be used in Hololens 2 (HL2),  I bought what was for…

  • Karl Guttag
  • May 5, 2020
  • 13 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Pico Projection, Startups, Use Model

Hololens 2 is Likely Using Laser Beam Scanning Display: Bad Combined with Worse

I have been wanting to get this article out for some time but have been very busy with some personal matters and catching up from a lot of traveling. To get this article out ahead of the likely Hololens 2…

  • Karl Guttag
  • February 22, 2019
  • 69 Comments
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