Google Inc.

Benjamin McLaughlin Gallant

Mark B Spitzer

Ozan Cakmakci

Eliezer Peli

Carlin Vieri

Daniel Corbalan

Juseok Lee

An optical device includes a display that emits light toward a lightguide. Display light reflects from lightguide surfaces by total internal reflection (TIR). The display is mounted proximate to the lightguide. The optical device includes a first surface at an eye-side of the optical device and a second surface at a world-side. The optical device includes a first material having a first Abbe number and a second material having a second Abbe number different from the first Abbe number. The first material and the second material cause a color correction to light from the display or alters a chromatic aberration of the light from the display. A head mountable frame supports the display and the lightguide including the first and second materials.

Color-corrected curved optical see-through thin lightguide with large field of view in eyewear formfactor

A head mounted display (HMD) device may include a housing coupled to a frame, and a display device disposed in the housing. A first lens may be disposed along a first optical axis in the housing, and a second lens may be disposed along a second optical axis in the housing. A divider may be positioned between the first lens and the second lens, with a front end portion of the divider positioned adjacent to the display device. The divider may include display capability so that images displayed on the display device may extend onto the divider. The divider may emit diffused light having chrominance and/or luminance levels corresponding to images displayed on the display device. The divider may reflect diffused light from images displayed on the display device. The divider may transmit diffused light from images displayed on the display device.

Display of binocular overlapping images in a head mounted display

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Santa Cruz, CA, United States of America

Benjamin McLaughlin Gallant