Head-mounted virtual and augmented reality display systems include a light projector with one or more emissive micro-displays having a first resolution and a pixel pitch. The projector outputs light forming frames of virtual content having at least a portion associated with a second resolution greater than the first resolution. The projector outputs light forming a first subframe of the rendered frame at the first resolution, and parts of the projector are shifted using actuators, such that physical positions of light output for individual pixels occupy gaps between the old locations of light output for individual pixels. The projector then outputs light forming a second subframe of the rendered frame. The first and second subframes are outputted within the flicker fusion threshold. Advantageously, an emissive micro-display (e.g., micro-LED display) having a low resolution can form a frame having a higher resolution by using the same light emitters to function as multiple pixels of that frame.

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image. A 3D display apparatus includes an optical layer including a plurality of optical elements, a projector configured to scan a light onto the optical layer, and a processor configured to control a timing at which the projector scans the light onto the optical layer and generate a 3D image in a viewing space based on the timing at which the light is scanned onto the optical layer.

Reflectors comprising thin film dichroic coatings are located on various components of a waveguide-based optical combiner in a see-through display of a head-mounted display (HMD) device to reduce color cross-coupling in holographic images and reflect forward-projected holographic image light back to a user's eye. The dichroic coatings implement narrowband reflectors for each of one or more colors of an RGB (red, green, blue) color model over the angular range associated with the field of view (FOV) of the virtual portion of the see-through display. Utilization of the dichroic coatings can improve virtual display uniformity and lessen sharp edge defects by reducing cross-coupling and may also improve light security by reducing the forward-projected holographic image light that escapes from the HMD device.

An image display device according to the present disclosure includes a first self-light-emitting display element that emits light for an image of red light, a second self-light-emitting display element that emits light for an image of blue light, a third self-light-emitting display element that emits light for an image of green light, and a prism having a dichroic mirror that synthesizes images of three colors, in which the first self-light-emitting display element, the second self-light-emitting display element, and the third self-light-emitting display element have a first cathode, a second cathode, and a third cathode, respectively, and when a film thickness of the first cathode is referred to as TR, a film thickness of the second cathode is referred to as TB, and a film thickness of the third cathode is referred to as TG, a relationship TR<TG is satisfied.

The present invention provides systems and methods for color tuning optical modules and executing color calibration methods on artificial reality systems and devices. Embodiments can include a lens with a colored coating, a plurality of cameras, including a visible spectrum camera and an infrared camera, each positioned behind the lens, and a processor and memory. The colored coating includes a plurality of regions for selectively transmitting light. The processor and memory can be configured to receive light information indicative of environmental information for executing an operation on the device, identify wavelengths of light reflected by the color profile in front of each camera, determine a color calibration to amplify wavelengths of reflected light, update the environmental information based on the color calibration, and execute the operation on the device.

An optical module in the present disclosure includes a first image display panel including a first display part and a first coupling part, a second image display panel including a second display part and a second coupling part, a third image display panel including a third display part and a third coupling part, and a cross dichroic prism configured to synthesize first, second, and third image light. The cross dichroic prism has a cross axis at which a two of photosynthesis surfaces cross each other. The first, second, and third image display panel are respectively bonded to different surfaces of the cross dichroic prism in a state where a long side of each of the first, second, and third display part extends along the cross axis and where the first, second, and third coupling part are each positioned on an outer side of the cross dichroic prism.

A partially reflective thin film coating is utilized on an optical substrate that is affixed to a waveguide-based optical combiner in a see-through display of a mixed-reality head-mounted display (HMD) device to partially reflect a forward propagating holographic image light back to the user's eye. The thin film coating may be implemented as a broadband reflector over the angular range associated with the holographic images that are rendered over the field of view (FOV) of the virtual portion of the see-through display to simplify manufacturing and reduce bulk and weight of the HMD device.

A stacked waveguide assembly can have multiple waveguide stacks. Each waveguide stack can include a plurality of waveguides, where a first waveguide stack may be associated with a first subcolor of each of three different colors, and a second waveguide stack may be associated with a second subcolor of each of the three different colors. For example, the first stack of waveguides can incouple blue, green, and red light at 440 nm, 520 nm, and 650 nm, respectively. The second stack of waveguides can incouple blue, green, and red light at 450 nm, 530 nm, and 660 nm, respectively.

A computing device comprises a device image display outputting device display light; an optical configuration for a viewer of the computing device to view external display images rendered with external display light from an external image display and device display images rendered with the device display light; a display light combiner to combine the external display light and the device display light to reach the viewer's vision field. The external display light and the device display light are of different light properties. The display light combiner selectively reflects the device display light toward the viewer's vision field and selectively transmits the external display light toward the viewer's vision field.

A projection display device includes an image display control unit configured to perform a first display control for generating image data in accordance with information received from a control unit that controls the vehicle, and a second display control for generating image data in accordance with the measurement information acquired from the information measuring device without passing through the control unit, and a warning determination unit, wherein the image display control unit performs the second display control when the warning determination unit determines that the warning is necessary, and performs the first display control when the warning determination unit determines that the warning is not necessary, in a first mode in which driving of the vehicle is performed in accordance with an internally generated instruction or an instruction externally and wirelessly received, the image display control unit performs at least the second display control without passing through the control unit.