Courses and Workshops—A Week of Learning and Networking

Take a course from Bernard Kress, Microsoft HoloLens and other instructors at SPIE AR VR MR 2020

Personal instruction from leading experts
Take a course, or join a workshop, and get face-to-face instruction on some of the most popular sessions in optical design for AR, VR, and MR. Courses range from 2-hour, half-day, full-day and two-day formats. Workshops range from 30 minutes to 2-hours. Join your colleagues, meet new contacts, and learn from the best in the industry.

Registration opens mid-October.

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Course Days
Saturday to Thursday

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Courses at AR VR MR

	Additional registration and fees required
•	Sunday, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Introduction to VR, AR, MR and Smart Eyewear: Market Expectations, Hardware Requirements and Investment Patterns
•	Sunday, all day: Head-Mounted Display Requirements and Designs for Augmented Reality Applications
•	Wednesday, all day: Optical Technologies and Architectures for Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs)
•	Thursday, all day: Design Techniques and Applications Fields for Digital Micro-optics

Courses at Photonics West that might also interest you

	Additional registration and fees required
•	Saturday, all day: Understanding Diffractive Optics
•	Monday,all day: Polarized Light and Optical Design
•	Tuesday, all day: Introduction to Optical Alignment Techniques
•	Wednesday, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Meta-Lenses
•	Wednesday, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Designing and Specifying Digital Cameras
•	View the complete list of courses at Photonics West

30-Minute to 2-Hour Workshops on Monday and Tuesday

	Open access: included with your conference registration
•	Design Considerations for Rapid Prototype Freeforms for AR/VR Applications
•	The Future of Traditional is Virtual: AR/VR/MR Technologies Moving into the Mainstream
•	Smart Goggles for Swimming: Bringing AR into the Water
•	Key Legal Issues Facing the Optics / Tech Industry
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If you are interested in holding a workshop, email innovation@spie.org

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