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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
  • 26 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Laser Projection, LCOS

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
  • Intellectual Property, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Laser Projection, LCOS, 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
  • 13 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Laser Projection

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, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Laser Projection

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
  • 4 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors

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, Intellectual Property, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, 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, DLP, Intellectual Property, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Laser Projection, LCOS, Micro-LED, OLED, 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, Intellectual Property, Laser Beam Scanning Projectors, Laser Projection, LCOS, 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
  • 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
  • 66 Comments
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