Invited paper: Diffractive optics for virtual reality displays

SID Conference Record of the International Display Research Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 542-545

  Levola, Tapani ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; GLASS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WAVEGUIDES;

IMAGING OPTICS; MICRODISPLAY; NEAR TO EYE DISPLAYS (NTE);

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 33846568892     PISSN: 10831312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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