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Augmented Reality and HMD

Meta Quest Pro (Part 2) – Block Diagrams & Teardown of Headset and Controller

Limas Lim (LinkedIn Contact) is a reader of my blog and wanted to share his block diagram and teardown of the Meta Quest Pro. He sent me these diagrams over a month ago, but I have been busy with videos and blog articles about the companies I met with at CES and AR/VR/MR 2023.

Karl Guttag
March 15, 2023
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Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Use Model

Exclusive: Imagine Optix Bought By Meta – Half Dome 3’s Varifocal Tech – Meta, Valve, and Apple on Collision Course?

Introduction Following up on Meta’s Cambria (Part 2): Is It Half Dome 3? has led to a bit of intrigue. One of my readers pointed out that as stated in the Facebook/Meta’s Doug Lanman’s video EI 2020 Plenary: Quality Screen…

Karl Guttag
December 17, 2021
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Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Use Model

Meta’s Cambria (Part 2): Is It Half Dome 3?

Introduction After my last article, Meta (aka Facebook) Cambria Electrically Controllable LC Lens for VAC?, many people were pointing me to Half Dome 3 (HD3) and in particular a Doug Lanman, Director of Display Systems Research at Facebook Reality Lab,…