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US 2026/0036282 A1Published application
Light output system with reflector and lens for highly spatially uniform light output
AssigneeMagic Leap, Inc.
InventorsBradley Jay Sissom, Heidi Leising Hall, Kevin Curtis
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Abstract
A user may interact and view virtual elements such as avatars and objects and/or real world elements in three-dimensional space in an augmented reality (AR) session. The system may allow one or more spectators to view from a stationary or dynamic camera a third person view of the users AR session. The third person view may be synchronized with the user view and the virtual elements of the user view may be composited onto the third person view.
Claims18
An augmented reality display system comprising:
- a light emitter;
- a reflector optically coupled to the light emitter and configured to receive light from the light emitter, the reflector configured to output light with increased angular uniformity relative to light received from the light emitter;
- a lens optically coupled to the reflector and configured to receive light from the reflector, the lens configured to output light with increased spatial uniformity relative to light output from the reflector;
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- a spatial light modulator configured to receive light from the lens and to modulate the light received from the lens to create an image,
- wherein the reflector is one of a plurality of reflectors formed as openings extending across a thickness of a common unitary body, wherein each reflector has an associated lens forward of an output opening of the reflector, wherein the unitary body has a surface with different heights, wherein some reflectors have output openings on a different height than other reflectors.
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An augmented reality display system comprising:
- a reflector comprising:
- an input end;
- an output end;
- a plurality of sides extending between the input end and the output end, wherein the plurality of sides is even in number, wherein two opposing sides of the reflector have a first cross-sectional shape and the remaining sides have a second cross-sectional shape different from the first cross-section shape;
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- a lens located a focal length of the lens away from the input end of the reflector,
- wherein the reflector is one of a plurality of reflectors formed as openings extending across a thickness of a common unitary body, wherein each reflector has an associated lens forward of an output opening of the reflector, wherein the unitary body has a surface with different heights, wherein some reflectors have output openings on a different height than other reflectors.
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