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Membrane AR: varifocal, wide field of view augmented reality display from deformable membranes

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SIGGRAPH '17: ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technologies

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Accommodative depth cues, a wide field of view, and ever-higher resolutions present major design challenges for near-eye displays. Optimizing a design to overcome one of them typically leads to a trade-off in the others. We tackle this problem by introducing an all-in-one solution - a novel display for augmented reality. The key components of our solution are two see-through, varifocal deformable membrane mirrors reflecting a display. They are controlled by airtight cavities and change the effective focal power to present a virtual image at a target depth plane. The benefits of the membranes include a wide field of view and fast depth switching.

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Membrane AR: varifocal, wide field of view augmented reality display from deformable membranes
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Mixed / augmented reality
2. Hardware
  1. Communication hardware, interfaces and storage
    1. Displays and imagers

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