Etched-waveguide displays, and the road to mainstream smart eyewear

Great display performance is not enough to enable smart glasses as the next big consumer electronics platform. They also must be lightweight, comfortable and have excellent aesthetics to be worn as all-day eyewear. We will share waveguide performance and smart glasses prototype designs made possible by an advanced etched photonics platform, and by co-optimizing fabrication tools, materials, photonics design, light-engine optics, frame mechanics, lens silhouette and eyewear design.