Facebook Holographic VR Glasses
The problem with all current VR headsets is that they can’t be worn like you would sunglasses, that is unless…you’re talking about the new holographic glasses from Facebook Reality Labs. That’s right, these new glasses make use of holographic film, enabling the lenses to have a total thickness of less than 9mm. Read more for a video, additional pictures and information.



This design is made possible through a series of flat, polarized films that use a “pancake optics” light-folding technique to reflect the displayed image multiple times in a compact space. Plus, this prototype uses lasers instead of LCDs to create images so we can’t quite get an accurate field of view measurement just yet.

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Facebook Holographic VR Glasses
Facebook Holographic VR Glasses

Shown on the left, a photograph captured with the proof-of-concept research device shown above. On the right, a photograph taken through a larger full-color benchtop prototype. We are currently working on achieving full color on the smaller research prototype,” said Facebook Research.

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