Direct retinal projection display for smart glasses using a meta-optic mirror

tash_2s

TLDR: They demoed a direct retinal projection display with a thin, transparent mirror embedded in the lens, enabling glasses that look more like everyday eyewear while reducing costs compared with waveguide-based designs. This Japanese article has a few more details: https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2145266.html

pentaphobe

Neat, but hardly a world first (the original title said "...the world’s first direct retinal projection display...") I first read about direct retinal projection displays (using oscillating mirrors no less) in Mondo 2000 [^1] Hard to find much on the "Private Eye" hardware as I guess Reflection Technology (the manufacturer) went outta business in the mid 90's But a 700x280 display painted onto your retina that looked like a full-ish size display hovering in space nonetheless, and downright epic for 1989 [^1]: https://microship.com/winnelife-interview-with-steve-roberts... For the curious, a bit more info and some pics on these sites https://glassdevelopment.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/hmd-histor... https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/reflection-technolog...