Optical device and method

Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention there is provided an optical device made according to an augmented reality optical design, the optical device comprising a plurality of optical elements for transmitting a light from a light source for display on an eye of a user, wherein the optical device comprises: a light source generating the light; a lens assembly off-axis from the light source and configured to receive the light; a first at least partially mirrored device; a second optical device located intermediate the lens assembly and the first at least partially mirrored device, the second optical device configured to receive the light from the lens assembly and transmit the light to the first at least partially mirrored device; and a combiner receiving the light from the first at least partially mirrored device and directing the light to form a virtual image at an exit pupil at the position of the eye.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.