: a device (such as a duct, coaxial cable, or glass fiber) designed to confine and direct the propagation of electromagnetic waves (such as light)
especially
: a metal tube for channeling ultrahigh-frequency waves
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Even small startups like North, which couldn’t sustain itself and was eventually sold for parts to Google, have attempted to build their own custom projector and waveguide technology into stylish glasses.
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Lauren Goode, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
The high production cost is in large part due to the difficulty of growing silicon carbide crystals for the lenses and etching the waveguides to focus the projections onto your retina.
—Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Improvements come from innovations like a conical waveguide that couples the tweeter dome to the metamaterial absorber based on its depth.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Snap says this model boasts a 46-degree field of view (up from 26.3 degrees for the previous version) and that its waveguide displays show 37 pixels per degree — a measurement Snap believes is the right way to measure AR display quality that is about 25 percent richer than before.
—Alex Heath, The Verge, 17 Sep. 2024
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Lauren Goode, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
The high production cost is in large part due to the difficulty of growing silicon carbide crystals for the lenses and etching the waveguides to focus the projections onto your retina.
—Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Improvements come from innovations like a conical waveguide that couples the tweeter dome to the metamaterial absorber based on its depth.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Snap says this model boasts a 46-degree field of view (up from 26.3 degrees for the previous version) and that its waveguide displays show 37 pixels per degree — a measurement Snap believes is the right way to measure AR display quality that is about 25 percent richer than before.
—Alex Heath, The Verge, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Waveguide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waveguide. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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