Augmented reality system

A light system, comprising:

• a controller comprising one or more processors;
• a first projector comprising:
• a first array of individually addressable light-emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to emits light representing virtual content under direction of the controller;
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• a narrow-angle focusing lens configured to focus the light emitted by the first array of LEDs on a surface in a room to form an image, wherein individual LEDs in the first array corresponds to individual pixels in the image;
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• a second projector located above the first projector, comprising:
• a second array of individually addressable LEDs configured to emits light representing additional virtual content under direction of the controller;
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• a wide-angle focusing lens configured to focus the light emitted by the second array of LEDs on at least a portion of surfaces in the room to form an image, wherein individual LEDs in the second array corresponds to individual pixels in the image, wherein resolution of the image formed by the second projector is lower than resolution of the image formed by the first projector;
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• a diffuser mechanism configured to control a presence of inter-pixel gaps in light emitted by the light system and switch the light system among at least two modes, including (a) a display mode wherein the light system emits light representing image content and (b) an illumination mode wherein the light system emits light to illuminate the room when not emitting light that represents the image content, wherein the inter-pixel gaps are not present in the light emitted under the illumination mode.

A light system, comprising:

• a controller comprising one or more processors;
• a foveated projector, comprising:
• a foveated array of individually addressable light-emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to emit light under direction of the controller, wherein the foveated array of LEDs includes a central array of addressable LEDs for emitting light representing virtual content surrounded by addressable LEDs for emitting light representing additional virtual content;
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• a wide-angle focusing lens configured to focus the light emitted by the foveated array of LEDs on surfaces in a room to form a first image from the light emitted by the central array of LEDs and to form additional images from the light emitted by the addressable LEDs surrounding the central array, wherein individual LEDs in the central array of LEDs corresponds to individual pixels in the first image, wherein individual LEDs surrounding the central array corresponds to individual pixels in the additional images, and wherein resolution of the first image formed from the light emitted by the central array of LEDs is higher than resolution of the images formed from the light emitted by the addressable LEDs surrounding the central array;
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• a diffuser mechanism configured to control a presence of inter-pixel gaps in light emitted by the light system and switch the light system among at least two modes, including (a) a display mode wherein the light system emits light representing image content and (b) an illumination mode wherein the light system emits light to illuminate the room when not emitting light that represents the image content, wherein the inter-pixel caps are not present in the light emitted under the illumination mode.