Curved Holographic Augmented Reality Near-Eye Display System Based on Freeform Holographic Optical Element with Extended Field of View

At present, most near-eye display devices adopt flat substrates, which have problems such as limited field of view (FOV) and bulky shape, while the curved structure is expected to expand the FOV with appropriate volume. In this paper, we propose a curved holographic augmented reality (AR) near-eye d...

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Main Authors: Hong Xu, Yuan Xu, Changyu Wang, Juan Liu
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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description At present, most near-eye display devices adopt flat substrates, which have problems such as limited field of view (FOV) and bulky shape, while the curved structure is expected to expand the FOV with appropriate volume. In this paper, we propose a curved holographic augmented reality (AR) near-eye display system based on holographic optical element (HOE) with the ability to expand the FOV. The system includes a display source and a HOE with curved substrate. We analyze the system by exploiting the diffraction theory between plane and curved surface, and a layered and weighted FOV optimization method using particle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed to realize the optimization of the phase of freeform HOE. Numerical and experimental results show that the proposed curved holographic near-eye display system can realize cylindrical AR display and expand the FOV of the system. It is expected to be applied to the holographic AR near-eye display in the future.
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spelling doaj-art-9d8055d805fd4095b150576be3ae4f952025-08-20T02:01:20ZengMDPI AGPhotonics2304-67322024-12-011112119410.3390/photonics11121194Curved Holographic Augmented Reality Near-Eye Display System Based on Freeform Holographic Optical Element with Extended Field of ViewHong Xu0Yuan Xu1Changyu Wang2Juan Liu3Beijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaBeijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaBeijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaBeijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaAt present, most near-eye display devices adopt flat substrates, which have problems such as limited field of view (FOV) and bulky shape, while the curved structure is expected to expand the FOV with appropriate volume. In this paper, we propose a curved holographic augmented reality (AR) near-eye display system based on holographic optical element (HOE) with the ability to expand the FOV. The system includes a display source and a HOE with curved substrate. We analyze the system by exploiting the diffraction theory between plane and curved surface, and a layered and weighted FOV optimization method using particle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed to realize the optimization of the phase of freeform HOE. Numerical and experimental results show that the proposed curved holographic near-eye display system can realize cylindrical AR display and expand the FOV of the system. It is expected to be applied to the holographic AR near-eye display in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/12/1194curved holographic optical elementsnear-eye displaylarge field of viewphase optimization
spellingShingle Hong Xu
Yuan Xu
Changyu Wang
Juan Liu
Curved Holographic Augmented Reality Near-Eye Display System Based on Freeform Holographic Optical Element with Extended Field of View
Photonics
curved holographic optical elements
near-eye display
large field of view
phase optimization
title Curved Holographic Augmented Reality Near-Eye Display System Based on Freeform Holographic Optical Element with Extended Field of View
title_full Curved Holographic Augmented Reality Near-Eye Display System Based on Freeform Holographic Optical Element with Extended Field of View
title_fullStr Curved Holographic Augmented Reality Near-Eye Display System Based on Freeform Holographic Optical Element with Extended Field of View
title_full_unstemmed Curved Holographic Augmented Reality Near-Eye Display System Based on Freeform Holographic Optical Element with Extended Field of View
title_short Curved Holographic Augmented Reality Near-Eye Display System Based on Freeform Holographic Optical Element with Extended Field of View
title_sort curved holographic augmented reality near eye display system based on freeform holographic optical element with extended field of view
topic curved holographic optical elements
near-eye display
large field of view
phase optimization
url https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/12/1194
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