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Optical architectures for augmented-, virtual-, and mixed-reality headsets /

This book is a timely review of the various optical architectures, display technologies and building blocks for modern consumer, enterprise, and defense head-mounted displays for various applications, including smart glasses, smart eyewear and virtual-reality, augmented-reality and mixed-reality hea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kress, Bernard C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bellingham, Washington : SPIE Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Virtual reality headsets.
Optical instruments > Design and construction.
Augmented reality > Equipment and supplies.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Maturity levels of the AR/VR/MR/smart-glasses markets
  • 3. The emergence of MR as the next computing platform
  • 4. Keys to the ultimate MR experience
  • 5. Human factors
  • 6. Optical specifications driving AR/VR architecture and technology choices
  • 7. Functional optical building blocks of an MR headset
  • 8. Invariants in HMD optical systems, and strategies to overcome them
  • 9. Roadmap for VR headset optics
  • 10. Digital see-through VR headsets
  • 11. Free-space combiners
  • 12. Freeform TIR prism combiners
  • 13. Manufacturing techniques for free-space combiner optics
  • 14. Waveguide combiners
  • 15. Design and modeling of optical waveguide combiners
  • 16. Manufacturing techniques for waveguide combiners
  • 17. Smart contact lenses and beyond
  • 18. Vergence-accommodation conflict mitigation
  • 19. Occlusions
  • 20. Peripheral display architectures
  • 21. Vision prescription integration
  • 22. Sensor fusion in MR headsets
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.