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Examples of HWD Architectures: Low-, Mid- and Wide-Field of View Designs

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In this section, we list examples of head-worn display architectures organized by the field-of-view (FOV) parameter. Low-FOV designs (<40°), suitable for integration into an eyeglasses form factor are reviewed along with mid-FOV (between 40° and 60°) and wide-FOV (>60°) designs. Eyeglass-based displays are particularly interesting because they are well suited for mobile applications, and such displays are more likely to enjoy higher social acceptance due to aesthetics.

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Abbreviations

AHMD:

Advanced Helmet-Mounted Display

FLCoS:

Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal on Silicon

FOV:

Field Of View

HWD:

Head-Worn Displays

MTF:

Modulation Transfer Function

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  1. Optical Solutions Group, Synopsys, 3280 E. Foothill Blvd. Suite 300, Pasadena, CA, 91107

    Ozan Cakmakci

  2. Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, 275 Hutchison Rd., Rochester, NY, 14267

    Jannick P. Rolland

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Cakmakci, O., Rolland, J.P. (2012). Examples of HWD Architectures: Low-, Mid- and Wide-Field of View Designs. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_137

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