SIGGRAPH 2019 Emerging Technology Best in Show Award: Kim, Stengel, Wu, Boudaoud, Spjut, et al. …

Awardee(s):

• Jonghyun Kim
• Michael Stengel
• Jui-Yi Wu
• Ben Boudaoud
• Josef Spjut
• Kaan Akşit
• Rachel Albert
• Youngmo Jeong
• Trey Greer
• Ward Lopes
• Zander Majercik
• Peter Shirley
• Morgan McGuire
• David P. Luebke

Award:

Emerging Technologies Best in Show Award

Experience Description:

Inspired by human visual perception, we demonstrate two novel wearable augmented reality displays. The first, “Prescription AR,” integrates prescription correction in a 5 millimeter-thick image combiner. The second, “Foveated AR,” adapts to user gaze by adjusting the resolution and focal depth.

An increasingly important part of usuable near-eye displays to allow use by users who use vision correction such as that provided by glasses and contact lenses. Recent research indicates that over 20% of world population is myopic, and this percentage is increasing [Holden et al. 2016]. Commercial prototypes have offered an additional prescription lens pair or a glasses-compatible design, but both of these approaches increase the size and weight of the device. Ideally, a user’s prescription should be considered from the optical design stage for the smallest form factor.