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Chris Grayson Speculates MVIS AR Module in Digilens Eyewear Reference Design (Updated)

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digilens-founder-departs-christopher-grayson/

So about that new MicroVision module animation…

Given this is Display Week 2020, I would like to take the opportunity of Jonathan’s bio to bring attention to some speculation: While it is now proven that MicroVision is the light engine component supplier to Microsoft's HoloLens; it was also revealed this week that they’ve miniaturized their LBS light engine into a temple embedded module; it is also known that DigiLens has been working with an otherwise undisclosed partner for the LBS light engine in their Crystal line of reference frames. It is further known that SBG Labs’ / DigiLens former Director of Optical Engineering and CTO, Bernard Kress—who later became Principal Optical Architect of Google Glass—is now Partner Optical Architecture on HoloLens at Microsoft (incestuous little industry, isn’t it?). That's enough dots to connect, speculate on your own from here:

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Digilens Crystal50 Reference Design

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200107005174/en/DigiLens-Unveils-Crystal50-Generation-Extended-Reality-XR

Designed with DigiLens’ Breakthrough Architecture, the 50° Diagonal Waveguide Lens 

Minimizes Form Factor While Expanding the Overall Field of View (FOV)

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — DigiLens Inc., an innovator in holographic waveguide display technology for extended reality (XR), unveiled today its new Crystal50 waveguide lens at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, showing a 50-degree diagonal, full-color, low-cost waveguide lens.

“This continues to demonstrate DigiLens’ ability to clear the highest of technological bars and build best-in-class optical solutions that are lightweight and bright enough for indoor/outdoor use for both consumer and enterprise XR use cases.”

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“Crystal50 is a significant step forward for the head-worn category as it enables a wide field-of-view in a small form-factor and can be manufactured at a cost lower than any other waveguides on the market today,” said DigiLens CEO Chris Pickett. “This continues to demonstrate DigiLens’ ability to clear the highest of technological bars and build best-in-class optical solutions that are lightweight and bright enough for indoor/outdoor use for both consumer and enterprise XR use cases.”

The Crystal50 — when mounted into the DigiLens Iris reference design, an XR headset fitted with a 720p pico projector, VSLAM head tracker and cameras — enables a 60ยบ binocular FOV, allowing more opportunities for immersive XR content creation.

DigiLens’ new waveguide display breakthrough architecture allows multiple diffractive optical structures to be multiplexed, thereby enabling the optical path in the eyeglass-sized transparent display to be integrated and compressed. This allows the field-of-view to be widened compared to competitor approaches while maintaining a compact lens form factor.

DigiLens’ optical platform allows OEMs to create customizable, cost-effective waveguide-based XR devices for both enterprise and consumer applications. DigiLens’ optics are manufactured from a proprietary photopolymer and low-cost holographic contact copy manufacturing process, which is more cost-effective and scalable than other XR wearable solutions on the market.

About DigiLens

DigiLens is a leader in holographic waveguides used for augmented extended reality (XR) displays. The company has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that delivers best-in-class solutions using a unique, low-cost contact-copy manufacturing process. DigiLens enables OEM partners to design and build XR-enabled devices for the global automobile, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military industries. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, DigiLens investors include industry leaders UDC Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Niantic Labs, Sony Innovation Fund, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation, Continental AG, and more. For more information about the company, please visit www.digilens.com.


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