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There’s No Dancing Around It: Apple’s Vision Pro Was An Ugly Dud (www.techdirt.com)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] cornshark 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What's a waveguide?

[–] Mbourgon 4 points 4 days ago

Here’s a good article about this specific waveguide: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24153092/stanford-ai-holographic-ar-glasses-3d-imaging-research

TLDR - they need special materials to allow small/thin glasses for XR goggles. This looks like it could be huge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

It appears to be related to fiber optics, here's the best resource I found:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aZum_COPUek