Special Events: Panels, Posters, and a One-day Workshop
SPIE AR, VR, MR Digital Forum attendees have the opportunity to join live special events — such as panels, workshops, and networking sessions — in an online, interactive format. Paid conference registration is required to access all special events.
Panel Discussion: The Development of XR Hardware Standards
Sunday 28 March | 5 - 6 PM Pacific Time
The Development of XR Hardware Standards
Edmund Passon Co-CEO at Compound Photonics
The high demand for Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality are forecast to continue in the next five years. The adoption rate has been accelerated as the technologies became more valuable for companies to conduct business and operations during the pandemic.
To realize the true potentials of AR/VR/MR, Edmund Passion will moderate a panel of industry experts and thought leaders on how the stakeholders in the ecosystem can work together on standardization that can cater to the multiple disciplines involved.
Panel Discussion: Optical Engines for AR
Monday 29 March | 6 - 7 PM Pacific Time
Optical Engines for AR
Kevin Curtis Senior Director, Distinguished Fellow of Advanced Optics at Magic Leap
Kevin Curtis will moderate a panel on SLM based scanning "display". This will be an important and exciting discussion about advantages and constrains of laser, µLED, and other light engines for head mounted displays.
Here is a sample of questions to the panel:
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What are the current optical engines technologies out in the market now and what do you think will be the technology of choice in 7 years?
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What are the most important factors to consider when you chose the optical engine technology to go into a Facebook AR product?
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What were the reasons for choosing LCoS in your optical engine for your current product?
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What are the potential advantages of uLED approach for AR?
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What were the major reasons for Hololens to change from LCoS to laser scanning in your products?
Speakers
Zine Bouhamri Technology & Market Analyst, Displays at Yole Développement
Qiming Li Founder and CEO at JBD, micro-LEDs for near-eye and image projection applications
Bernard Kress Partner Optical Architect at Microsoft Hololens
Invited Talks followed by a panel: The Future of XR Adoption
Tuesday 30 March | 6 - 7 PM Pacific Time
The Future of XR Adoption
Maria Pace Sr. Hardware Engineer Architect Microsoft / Hololens
The high demand for Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality are forecast to continue in the next five years. The adoption rate has been accelerated as the technologies became more valuable for companies to conduct business and operations during the pandemic.
To realize the true potentials of AR/VR/MR, Edmund Passion will moderate a panel of industry experts and thought leaders on how the stakeholders in the ecosystem can work together on standardization that can cater to the multiple disciplines involved.
One-Day Workshop on Laser Beam Scanning for Near Eye Displays
Wednesday 31 March | 8 AM - 5:30 PM Pacific Time
Optical Design Considerations for Scanning Displays
Bharath Rajagopalan Director, Strategic Market Development at STMicroelectronics
One of the key challenges for augmented reality is the development of ultra-compact, lightweight, low-power near-to-eye display solutions with good image quality. Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) technologies can meet these key requirements and deliver form-factors that enable light weight, fashionable, all-day wearable devices with the ability to scale resolution and field-of-view (FoV).
In this workshop we will highlight the key technologies and solutions behind LBS that enable AR smart glasses, as well as more complex mixed reality HMD devices; including MEMS Micromirror scanners systems, laser diode modules, optics, opto-electronics, photonics, waveguides and LBS systems design, integration and manufacturing considerations.
Speakers
Juuso Olkkonen CTO and co-founder, Dispelix
Stefan Morgott Sr. Mgr. Application Engineering, Osram Opto Semiconductors
Boris Greenberg Co-Founder and CTO, EyeWay Vision
Joe Kamei Senior Managing Director, SEIREN KST Corp.
Ulrich Hoffmann Founder and Managing Director, OQmented
Pierre Craen Chief Technology Officer, poLight
Makodo Masuda COO, Mega1
Yun-Cheng Liu Senior Director, Optic Engine Div., Quanta
Stefan Alexander Google, Director AR Hardwared R&D
Marco Angelici Director, MMD BU, STMicroelectronics
Applied Materials TBD
Ned Nestorovic President and Chief Optics Engineer, Seattle Photonics
Schedule
Time
Speaker
Presentation
9:00 AM
Bharath Rajagopalan STMicroelectronics
Opening address
9:25 AM
Dispelix Juuso Olkkonen
Diffractive waveguides for laser beam scanners
9:50 AM
Boris Greenberg EyeWay Vision
Highly efficient immersive AR glasses using gaze-locked exit pupil steering
10;15 AM
Ulrich Hofmann OQmented
Coming soon
10:40 AM
Stefan Morgott OSRAM OS
Compact RGB Laser Module for AR Smart Glasses
12:25 PM
Pierre Craen PoLight ASA Investors
Ultra compact laser scanner concept Concept of 1D scanning
12:50 PM
Joe Kamei SEIREN KST Corp.
Compact Full Color Optical Engine for Smart Glasses
