Magic Leap’s technology may be years away from completion

Re:Magic Leap’s technology may be years away from completion by code-monkey on Thursday December 08, 2016 @09:07PM (#13136118)

Technically this would be possible to overcome with a light field display. Light field displays are currently very far off from becoming commercially viable.

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Re:Magic Leap’s technology may be years away from completion by zardo on Thursday December 08, 2016 @10:15PM (#13136404)

Well, wether to product is viable or not, that's what Magic Leap is trying to deliver.

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Re:Magic Leap’s technology may be years away from completion by chris_va on Thursday December 08, 2016 @09:39PM (#13136274)

You could approximate this using a standard display if you could dynamically track and respond to focal depth.

That might be harder than getting a functional light field display, though.

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Re:Magic Leap’s technology may be years away from completion by AstralStorm on Saturday December 10, 2016 @04:20AM (#13144842)

Much easier, we have the tech in ophthalmology and adaptive lenses that are used in cellphone cameras.

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Re:Magic Leap’s technology may be years away from completion by chris_va on Saturday December 10, 2016 @10:18PM (#13149413)

Out of curiosity, what would the tech stack look like?

What I was picturing was: - LCD display - Patterned IR image projected onto eye - Camera to read IR image on the back of retina, to figure out current focal length of cornea - Realtime chip to adjust LCD display based on focal depth, to simulate light field image.

... The real issue is that response latency would have to be <10ms probably to avoid being disorienting.

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