Researchers at Stanford University have unveiled a prototype for augmented reality (AR) glasses that could potentially disrupt the current spatial computing market, with a far slimmer design than Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Vision Pro.
What Happened: A team of engineers at Stanford have developed a new AI-assisted holographic imaging technology that they claim is thinner, lighter, and of higher quality than existing models.
Although the current lab version has a limited field of view, the team has demonstrated a thinner stack of holographic components that could nearly fit into standard glass frames. The technology can project realistic, full-color, moving 3D images at varying depths.
The glasses use waveguides, a component that guides light through glasses and into the wearer's eyes. The researchers have developed a unique “nanophotonic metasurface waveguide” that eliminates the need for ...