See-through near-eye display glasses including a curved polarizing film in the image source, a partially reflective, partially transmitting optical element and an optically flat film

A system, comprising:

• an interactive head-mounted eyepiece worn by a user, wherein the eyepiece includes an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment combined with displayed content, an integrated processor for handling content for display to the user, and an integrated image source for introducing the content to the optical assembly;
• and
• a light source that directs light to a single curved polarizing film of the optical assembly, the single curved polarizing film comprising at least one layer that first reflects a portion of the light to illuminate a reflective image display of the optical assembly, and then transmits the reflected illuminating light through the single curved polarizing film of the optical assembly to provide image light,
• wherein the optical assembly further comprises an optically flat film, disposed at an angle in front of a user's eye, that reflects a portion of the image light from the reflective image display to a curved partially reflecting mirror,
• wherein the curved partially reflecting mirror reflects a portion of the image light and transmits a portion of the scene light from a see-through view of the surrounding environment, so that a combined image comprised of portions of the reflected image light and the transmitted scene light is transmitted through the optically flat film and provided to the user's eye.