Waveguides seek to welcome consumer AR
14 April 2020
Fabricating novel light-guiding structures from glass and plastic will prove instrumental in whether augmented reality becomes an everyday technology, finds Andy Extance
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The Vuzix M300 AR headset is one of a variety of products targeting industrial applications
Can holograms help replace smartphones?
8 November 2019
Andy Extance finds that although augmented reality products talk about holograms more than they use them, holographic technology still has huge potential
New approaches to components improve augmented reality
26 March 2019
Stéphanie Le Calvez at CEA-Leti discusses her group’s work in ensuring the AR experience lives up to its promise
Meeting the optical design challenges of mixed reality
31 January 2019
Microsoft’s Bernard Kress, who chaired the AR/VR/MR industry days at Photonics West, considers the optimal design for augmented and mixed reality headsets
Scottish photonics consortium awarded grant for novel optics
24 October 2018
A Scottish photonics consortium consisting of PowerPhotonic, Optoscribe, Optocap and Fraunhofer UK Research, has been awarded a grant of £900,000 by Innovate UK to develop novel optics for miniaturised RGB laser sources
Fraunhofer develops new process for full-colour OLED displays
7 August 2018
Fraunhofer FEP scientists have developed a new micropatterning approach for OLEDs on silicon substrates, which could potentially eliminate the use of colour filters and shadow masks and allow full-colour displays to be developed by means of a new process
Digitisation in Europe 'needs to be higher'
29 March 2018
More than 300 key stakeholders were present at Photonics21’s AGM, where speakers from the European Commission discussed how to advance digital development across Europe
Metalens focuses entire visible light spectrum onto single point
3 January 2018
A single metalens capable of focusing the entire visible spectrum of light to a single point and in high resolution has been developed by a team of researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Photonics-guided robots to transform operating rooms, experts say
5 May 2017
Smart surgical tools will significantly improve the accuracy of operations, according to speakers at the European Photonic Industry Consortium’s recent AGM, and photonics will play a key role. Matthew Dale reports
Heightened reality: VR experts give optics wish list at Photonics West
17 February 2017
Greg Blackman reports from a Photonics West panel discussion on virtual reality, where headset optical design will be instrumental for giving a better user experience
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