Social acceptability in AR/MR waveguide displays

Waveguide displays provide a transparent optical solution to deliver a digital layer to augment the physical world. Consideration is given to the importance of artifacts that arise within waveguide displays that affect social acceptability, the importance of which is critical for the mass adoption of waveguide displays, particularly in the consumer market space. This includes consideration of optical see-though transmission, eye glow, and the causes and impacts other glints an interactions of stray light both within the waveguide and from external illumination sources. Particular consideration is given to DigiLens’ high efficiency holographic waveguide displays with which the author is most familiar, with comparisons drawn against other technologies in the space.