Effects of image focal depth in geometrical lightguide head mounted displays

Miaomiao Xu, Hong Hua

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Abstract

Waveguide or lightguide has the advantages of light weight, small volume and relatively high efficiency and thus is considered as one of the promising solutions to the optical combiner required for optical see-through augmented reality displays. Although there exist a few commercial products utilizing lightguides as the optical combiners, few works discussed the potential image artifacts caused by the ray bundle collimation errors in lightguides. In this paper, we discussed three causes of collimation errors in the geometrical waveguide: lightguide manufacture tolerance, change of image focal depth, and curved lightguide substrate. Based on the simulation and experiment results of the first two causes, we demonstrated two different types of image artifacts in the geometrical-waveguide-based AR displays.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationOptical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR)
EditorsBernard C. Kress, Christophe Peroz
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510633872
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
EventOptical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) 2020 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: Feb 2 2020 → …

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11310

Conference

ConferenceOptical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period2/2/20 → …

Keywords

  • 3D display
  • Head mounted display
  • Waveguide combiner

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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