Mixed reality hardware and the associated software platforms have the potential to revolutionize the digital world and how we interact with it. Many industry experts believe MR hardware will replace smart phones as the dominant platform for people to access the internet. The next evolution of the internet is dubbed the metaverse by some. Mixed reality systems superimpose (augmented reality) or replace (virtual reality) a user’s natural field of view with digital content in a glasses or goggle form factor. These systems require a range of tradeoffs across size, performance, and capability vectors. This space is seeing massive investment as companies vie to achieve the right balance at an attractive cost.

Quadoa makes designing these systems easier. The object-based optical model and multi-sequential raytracing allow digital imaging paths and see-through (world) paths to be defined as simply as possible. Multi-configuration functionality isn’t required for these systems. The surface stack ability allows freeform surfaces of nearly arbitrary shape to be defined and optimized. Optimization constraints such as 3D distance targets help to avoid radical solutions that aren’t manufacturable. The powerful API allows integration of Quadoa into broader optical design workflows that utilize custom or commercial waveguide simulation software.

Laser Systems

The invention of the laser has revolutionized industries as disparate as manufacturing and medical care, consumer electronics and space systems. Lasers are devices that emit monochromatic light that has a high degree of collimation and polarization. These properties...

Fiber Systems

Fiber optics are critical parts of modern telecommunication infrastructure and many other applications. Their ability to transmit data at high-bandwidths and with small loss has enabled the global internet as we know it. Optical systems that couple light from a source...

Interferometers

There is a saying that a system can only be built to a specification to the extent that it can be measured precisely for manufacturing defects. As manufacturing capability has advanced, the need to measure components to very tight precision has required new...

Cameras & Telescopes

The oldest types of optical systems are image forming cameras and telescopes. The first camera, the camera obscura, had no lenses or mirrors at all and simply used a pinhole to map an object scene to an image scene. The human eye served as the foundation of our...

Virtual/Augmented Reality

Mixed reality hardware and the associated software platforms have the potential to revolutionize the digital world and how we interact with it. Many industry experts believe MR hardware will replace smart phones as the dominant platform for people to access the...