Displays

There have been multiple rumors to suggest that Apple could be working on an augmented reality (AR) headset, and now according to a new report from...

Quanta Computer Inc., one of Apple’s main manufacturing partners, has struck a licensing agreement with augmented-reality component maker Lumus Ltd. to make lenses for smart glasses.

While Google is experimenting in the lab, there are already integrated display glasses on the market.

Augmented reality headsets with larger eye boxes than any device currently available could make their way to market by the end of next year if current timelines hold true. These devices are made possible by WaveOptics, whose full-color waveguide displays are capable of a 40-degree field of view and provide eyeboxes that surpass current offerings "by quite some margin," according to Dion Price, vice president of business development for Wave Optics. "That makes it incredibly usable and comfortable to wear," said Price in an interview with Next Reality. "It allows that headset just to fit that

White Paper on affordable wearable AR displays for the consumer market with focus on waveguide or light guide based see-through technologies.

How do waveguides and combiners compare in building augmented reality displays? This question was originally answered on Quora by Aaron Yip.

Researchers built a prototype display that can arrange a digital teapot in front of some objects and behind others, controlling which pixels are occluded.