Head-mounted display with a center-mounted system for peripheral projection

A center-mounted waveguide optical engine assembly comprising:

• at least one lens spanning one or both eyes of a user;
• a waveguide display associated with a portion of the at least one lens corresponding to only one eye of the user and configured to be located at a peripheral portion of the at least one lens;
• a microprojector configured to project a source image to the waveguide display;
• one or more eye trackers configured to detect eye movement toward the waveguide display;
• and
• an LCD shutter provided on the at least one lens and operable to obscure at least a portion of the at least one lens corresponding to an opposite eye of the user when the one or more eye trackers detect eye movement toward the waveguide display.

A computer implemented method for peripherally projecting an image using a head mounted display, the method comprising:

• tracking eye movement corresponding to a viewable area on a peripheral portion of at least one lens of the head mounted display;
• upon tracking the eye movement towards the viewable area, activating an image a waveguide display associated with only one eye of the user to present the image within the viewable area;
• and
• activating an LCD shutter that obscures at least a portion of the at least one lens corresponding to an opposite eye of the user.