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Near-Eye Light Field Displays

Douglas Lanman · demo · Watch on YouTube

VR, AR & spatial computingComputer graphics & renderingConsumer devices & gadgets

What it is

A SIGGRAPH 2013 demo from Douglas Lanman and NVIDIA of near-eye light field displays, which allow much thinner head-mounted displays that still show accurate focus and depth cues.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it in Magic Leap and VR threads as a clear overview of how light fields could solve focus and bulk problems.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “It gives a very clear overview of the concept and prototypes.”

    Clear overview of near-eye light field concept and prototypes

    jonah, 2014-10 · Recommendation · in “Google May Lead $500M Round in Magic Leap Virtual Reality Tech”

  2. “Watch this video at the 4 minute mark”

    Explains focus-capable displays, like a display version of a Lytro

    VikingCoder, 2014-10 · Recommendation · in “Google May Lead $500M Round in Magic Leap Virtual Reality Tech”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: light fields, vr headsets, accommodation, nvidia research, head-mounted displays

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