VividQ’s Latest Holographic Display for AR Headsets

Cambridge (UK) – based VividQ has announced the launch of its latest technology, unveiled for the first time at the recent SID Display Week Conference in San Jose, California. VividQ’s Alpha Optical Engine Demonstrator displays high- resolution 3D visuals (60 PPD) with excellent contrast and realistic focal depth using Computer-Generated Holography (CGH).

According to the company, CGH provides the best solution for high- performance AR (augmented reality) displays, allowing users to naturally focus on content across multiple depth planes.

These innovations address many shortcomings of today’s AR devices, allowing easier interaction with AR content within arm’s reach, and prioritising user comfort by solving the notorious vergence-accommodation conflict (VAC). Holographic displays solve these issues that limit the adoption of AR wearables today and unlocks applications in gaming, entertainment and the metaverse.

As a plug-and-play benchtop solution, the Alpha Optical Engine Demonstrator provides a simple and cost-effective way for product and R&D teams to evaluate CGH as a display solution for AR devices. The proprietary design uses a low-cost Texas Instruments’ Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) to produce high-resolution holographic projections with VividQ’s novel software algorithms.

This new technology allows device manufacturers to test and evaluate VividQ’s innovations in CGH against their AR display specifications and image quality requirements. VividQ is collaborating with device manufacturers from the US, Japan and China to integrate CGH into the next generation of AR devices soon to be available on the market, the company said.

The Alpha Optical Engine Demonstrator announcement is the first step toward the VividQ Alpha Program, which will provide access to its IP and the expertise necessary to develop market-ready high-end AR devices with CGH display systems.