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Magic Leap 2 (Pt. 3): Soft Edge Occlusion, a Solution for Investors and Not Users

2025/02/07 Correction: I misidentified the work of the University of Arizona as being the work of Arizona State University (ASU). Introduction In my last article, Magic Leap 2 (Pt. 2): Possible Answers from Patent Applications, I wrote that I had…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 28, 2021
  • 16 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups

Magic Leap 2 (Pt. 2): Possible Answers from Patent Applications

Introduction – “Surely, they were not so desperate” — but they appear to be! This article is a follow-up to the last article, Magic Leap 2 for Enterprise, Really? Plus Another $500M. When I first saw that Magic Leap was…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 22, 2021
  • 7 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD

Magic Leap 2 for Enterprise, Really? Plus Another $500M

Introduction This blog has covered Magic Leap for nearly five years. I correctly predicted the key display capability of Magic Leap 1 three years before it was formally announced (See 2016 “best fit” and the iFixit Teardown I helped analyze…

  • Karl Guttag
  • October 13, 2021
  • 8 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Conferences, Micro-LED, Use Model

AR Show Interview of Karl Guttag (Part 2) – Mapping AR Displays to Suitable Optics

Just a Quick Note on Part 2 of the Interview The AR Show with host Jason McDowall has published part 2 of a 3 part interview with me on AR. The podcast can be listed to on The AR Show…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 30, 2021
  • 5 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Technology History, Use Model

The AR Show: Karl Guttag On The Attack of the Clones and Magic Leap’s Wasted Opportunity (part1)

New Interview The AR Show Podcast just published a podcast interview with me: Karl Guttag (KGOnTech) on the Attack of the Clones and Magic Leap’s Wasted Opportunity (Part 1). The interview is going to be broken into 3 parts (ok,…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 23, 2021
  • 6 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

Varjo Foveated Display and Passthrough AR at AWE 2018

Introduction I’m long overdue to report on some things I saw at AWE in late May 2018. Having written two articles (article one and article two) back in 2017, I was curious to see the Varjo demonstration. In recent news,…

  • Karl Guttag
  • November 6, 2018
  • 12 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Use Model

Wired UK: Is Palmer Luckey right about Magic Leap being a tragic heap?

Wired UK reporter K.G. Orphanides was doing a follow up to Palmer Luckey’s Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap blog post and contacted me for my opinion. The Wired U.K. article is entitled, “Is Palmer Luckey right about Magic Leap being a tragic heap?”…

  • Karl Guttag
  • September 2, 2018
  • 8 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Startups, Use Model

“The Magic Leap One Experience” (Part 2, ML1’s Terrible View of the Real World)

Introduction In my last post, I discussed the process of building my Magic Leap One (ML1) view simulator model (hereafter referred to as “model”), and now I would like to show you what the view of the real world will…

  • Karl Guttag
  • April 13, 2018
  • 14 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Micro-LED, Pico Projection, Startups, Technology History, Use Model

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
  • 4 Comments
  • Augmented Reality and HMD, Pico Projection, Startups, Technology History, Use Model

Interview On The AR Show Podcast

Jason McDowall asked me to be one of his first interviews for his new “The AR Show Podcast.” Jason asked many excellent questions covering my history in the electronics industry in part 1. In the upcoming part 2 of the interview,…

  • Karl Guttag
  • March 6, 2018
  • 4 Comments
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