Design and fabrication of an off-axis see-through head-mounted display with an x-y polynomial surface

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3661-3668

  Zheng, Zhenrong ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Li, Haifeng ^a   Xu, Liang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hangzhou Huaguang Photoelectric Technology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED REALITY; LENSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIALS;

EXIT PUPIL; EYE RELIEF; HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS; OFF-AXIS; OPTICAL LENS; POLYNOMIAL SURFACE; SEE-THROUGH HMD;

HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; ILLUMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION;

DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAD; LENSES; LIGHTING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77955968212     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003661     Document Type: Article

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