ThinVR: Heterogeneous microlens arrays for compact, 180 degree FOV VR near-eye displays

PubDate: May 2020

Teams: Intel Labs

Writers: Ratcliff, Joshua, Alexey Supikov, Santiago Alfaro, and Ronald Azuma.

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Abstract

VR displays today are bulky and typically limit the field of view (FOV) to around 90 degrees. Increasing the FOV to 180 degrees increases the bulk even further. ThinVR is an approach to simultaneously achieve a 180 degree horizontal FOV and a compact form factor. We achieve this through a computational display approach that uses curved displays combined with custom-designed heterogeneous lenslet arrays. We proved that the core approach works by implementing this idea in prototypes using both static and dynamic displays.