Augmented someday reality

Who knows when this miracle will happen—no one who is promising it.

August 29, 2023

Jon Peddie

Meta’s Flamera headset tackles the challenge of aligning AR/VR cameras with users’ eyes, using a light field pass-through design that blocks incorrect perspective light, while allowing accurate light through. Initial feedback on Flamera’s prototype is positive, noting good image quality and potential for direct interaction in AR applications. This innovation stands in contrast to Microsoft’s HoloLens and Magic Leap’s headsets, which use transparent displays but face display quality and field-of-view challenges. Apple’s Vision Pro relies on external cameras and custom chips for perspective correction. Flamera’s approach reduces computational demands but has limitations in field of view, depth, color, and resolution.

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