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10‐1: Towards Varifocal Augmented Reality Displays using Deformable Beamsplitter Membranes
Author(s) -
Dunn David,
Chakravarthula Praneeth,
Dong Qian,
Akşit Kaan,
Fuchs Henry
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1002/sdtp.12490
Subject(s) - augmented reality , computer science , context (archaeology) , accommodation , virtual reality , gaze , holographic display , brightness , optical head mounted display , depth of field , holography , human–computer interaction , computer vision , computer graphics (images) , optics , physics , paleontology , biology
Growing evidence in recent literature suggests gaze contingent varifocal Near Eye Displays (NEDs) are mitigating visual discomfort caused by the vergence‐accommodation conflict (VAC). Such displays promise improved task performance in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) applications and demand less compute and power than light field and holographic display alternatives. In the context of this paper, we further extend the evaluation of our gaze contingent wide field of view varifocal AR NED layout [1] by evaluating optical characteristics of resolution, brightness, and eye‐box. Our most recent prototype dramatically reduces form‐factor, while improving maximum depth switching time to under 200 ms.