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Chinese Optics> 2014> 7(5): 731-738.

ZENG Fei, ZHANG Xin. Waveguide holographic head-mounted display technology[J]. Chinese Optics, 2014, 7(5): 731-738. doi: 10.3788/CO.20140705.0731

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ZENG Fei, ZHANG Xin. Waveguide holographic head-mounted display technology[J].Chinese Optics, 2014, 7(5): 731-738.doi:10.3788/CO.20140705.0731

ZENG Fei, ZHANG Xin. Waveguide holographic head-mounted display technology[J]. Chinese Optics, 2014, 7(5): 731-738. doi: 10.3788/CO.20140705.0731

Citation:

ZENG Fei, ZHANG Xin. Waveguide holographic head-mounted display technology[J].Chinese Optics, 2014, 7(5): 731-738.doi:10.3788/CO.20140705.0731

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Waveguide holographic head-mounted display technology

doi:10.3788/CO.20140705.0731

ZENG Fei^1,2,,,
ZHANG Xin¹

1.
Key Laboratory of Optical System Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China;
2.
University of Chinese Academy of Scaences, Beajing 100049, China

Received Date:21 Mar 2014
Rev Recd Date:17 Jun 2014
Publish Date:25 Sep 2014

Abstract

Abstract

The principle of waveguide holographic head-mounted display technology is introduced, which explains its advantages and practicability. Then some examples are shown with detailed indexes and parameters of current waveguide holographic head-mounted display technology. Finally the key enabling technology of waveguide holographic head-mounted display is analyzed, based on which the technology bottleneck and development trend are summarized.
- head-mounted display,
- waveguide hologram,
- optical design,
- display technology

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