

AWE 2024 Panel Discussion: Current State and Future Direction of AR Glasses
Jul 3, 2024
A panel at AWE conference discusses the current and future state of AR glasses, considering Apple's Vision Pro impact, technical challenges, limitations, and design considerations. Topics include trade-offs in AR glasses, safety concerns, metamaterials, diffractive waveguides, AI interfaces, user-friendliness, market uses, and tech industry landscape.
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Apple Vision Pro's Market Role
- Apple Vision Pro showed that AR can be a software-driven extension of existing ecosystems.
- It fits well as a large screen substitute but is more VR-like with video pass-through AR aspects.
Waveguides Shape AR Glasses
- Waveguide technology suits glasses-like form factors due to lightness and transparency.
- Trade-offs include limited field of view and lower image quality compared to other displays.
Field of View vs Form Factor
- Wide field of view AR with spatial recognition generally requires heavier, helmet-like devices.
- Optical AR glasses are more practical at narrower fields of view with simpler features.