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Karl Guttag Interview Parts 2 and 3 On The AR Show Podcast

Jason McDowall has posted parts 2 and 3 of his “The AR Show Podcast” interview with me.  Links to the show are below or you can subscribe to the podcast. Karl Guttag (KGOnTech) on Microdisplay Technologies and the Hype of…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 16, 2018
  • 3 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Pico Projection, Startups, Technology History, Use Model

CES 2018 (Part 1 – AR Overview)

First, I just added a grammar checker to my computer which should help make this blog more readable. I tried it out in the last two articles, and it picked up a “few” (ok, if over 30 counts as few)…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 15, 2018
  • 54 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

Disney-Lenovo AR Headset – (Part 1 Optics)

Disney Announced Joint AR Development At D23 Disney at their D23 Fan Convention in Anaheim on July 15th, 2017 announced an Augmented Reality (AR) Headset jointly developed with Lenovo. Below is a crop and brightness enhanced still frame capture from…

  • Karl Guttag
  • July 18, 2017
  • 4 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection, Technology History, Use Model

Near Eye Displays (NEDs): Gaps In Pixel Sizes

I get a lot of questions to the effect of “what is the best technology for a near eye display (NED).” There really is no “best” as every technology has its strengths and weaknesses. I plan to right a few…

  • Karl Guttag
  • June 7, 2017
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

Near-Eye Bird Bath Optics Pros and Cons – And IMMY’s Different Approach

Why Birdbaths Optics? Because the Alternative (Waveguides) Must Be Worse (and a teaser) The idea for this article started when I was looking at the ODG R-9 optical design with OLED microdisplays. They combined an OLED microdisplay that is not…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 3, 2017
  • 61 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection, Startups, Use Model

CES 2017 AR, What Problem Are They Trying To Solve?

Introduction First off, this post is a few weeks late. I got sick on returning from CES and then got busy with some other pressing activities. At left is a picture that caught me next to the Lumus Maximus demo…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 31, 2017
  • 23 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

ODG R-8 and R-9 Optic with a OLED Microdisplays (Likely Sony’s)

ODG Announces R-8 and R-9 OLED Microdisplay Headsets at CES It was not exactly a secret, but Osterhout Design Group (ODG) formally announce their new R-8 headset with dual 720p displays (one per eye) and R-9 headset with dual 1080p…

  • Karl Guttag
  • January 4, 2017
  • 33 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

ODG R-9: A Peak Behind the Video Curtain

Introduction With all the hype about Hololens and Magic Leap (ML), Osterhout Design Group (ODG) often gets overlooked. ODG has not spent as much (but still spending 10’s of millions).  ODG has many more years working in field albeit primarily in…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 25, 2016
  • 5 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

ODG R-9 (Horizon): 1080p Per Eye, Yes Really

Lazy Reporting – The Marketing Hyperbole’s Friend While I have not ODG’s R-9 in person yet, I fully expect that it will look a lot better than Microsoft’s Hololens. I even think it will look better in terms of image…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 23, 2016
  • 1 Comment
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection

Kopin Entering OLED Microdisplay Market

Kopin Making OLED Microdisplays Kopin announced today that they are getting into the OLED Microdisplay business. This is particularly notable because Kopin has been a long time (since 1999) manufacture of transmissive LCD microdisplays used in camera viewfinders and near…

  • Karl Guttag
  • December 21, 2016
  • 13 Comments
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