Optical waveguide combiners for AR headsets: features and limitations

Bernard C. Kress

doi:10.1117/12.2527680

16 July 2019 Optical waveguide combiners for AR headsets: features and limitations

Bernard C. Kress

Proceedings Volume 11062, Digital Optical Technologies 2019; 110620J (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527680
Event: SPIE Digital Optical Technologies, 2019, Munich, Germany

Abstract

This paper is a review of the main waveguide combiner architectures that have been implemented in industry and academia to produce Augmented Reality (AR) and Optical See-Through (OST) Mixed Reality (MR) Head Mounted Displays (HMDs). We review their features and limitations and show product examples. We review also the design constrains and the main optical simulation techniques used to model and predict the overall performances of such optical waveguide combiners.

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Bernard C. Kress "Optical waveguide combiners for AR headsets: features and limitations", Proc. SPIE 11062, Digital Optical Technologies 2019, 110620J (16 July 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527680

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