11‐1: Invited Paper: Towards the Ultimate Mixed Reality Experience: HoloLens Display Architecture Choices

HoloLens by Microsoft Corp. is the world’s first untethered Mixed Reality (MR) Head Mounted Display (HMD) system, released to developers in March 2016 as a Development Kit. We review in this paper the various display requirements and subsequent optical hardware choices we made for HoloLens. Its main...

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Published in:SID International Symposium Digest of technical papers 2017-05, Vol.48 (1), p.127-131
Main Authors: Kress, Bernard C., Cummings, William J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angular resolution
Architecture
Augmented Reality
Comfort
Control systems
depth map sensing
diffractive optics
Earphones
Hardware
Helmet mounted displays
holography
Mapping
Markets
micro-display
Mixed Reality
Tracking
Virtual Reality
waveguide gratings
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Summary:HoloLens by Microsoft Corp. is the world’s first untethered Mixed Reality (MR) Head Mounted Display (HMD) system, released to developers in March 2016 as a Development Kit. We review in this paper the various display requirements and subsequent optical hardware choices we made for HoloLens. Its main achievements go along performance and comfort for the user: it is the first fully untethered MR headset, with the highest angular resolution and the industry’s largest eyebox. It has the first inside‐out global sensor fusion system including precise head tracking and 3D mapping all controlled by a fully custom on‐board GPU. Based on such achievements, HoloLens came out as the most advanced MR system today. Additional features may be implemented in next generations MR headsets, leading to the ultimate experience for the user, and securing the upcoming fabulous AR/MR market predicted by most analysts.
ISSN:0097-966X
2168-0159
DOI:10.1002/sdtp.11586