
See-through Transparent DisplaysAward last edited on: 6/11/2013
Sponsored Program
SBIRAwarding Agency
DOD : AFTotal Award Amount
$849,696Award Phase
2Solicitation Topic Code
AF103-027Principal Investigator
Jonathan D WaldernCompany Information
Phase I
Contract Number: ----------Start Date: ---- Completed: ----
Phase I year
2011Phase I Amount
$99,729Benefit:
A see-through display focused at infinity must satisfy a suite of very challenging requirements; including wide field of view, high resolution, full color, good luminance, adequate dynamic grayscale, and minimal power consumption. To date, no waveguide technology has been able to satisfy these critical requirements, the most important being wide field of view. SBG Labs technology enables the first waveguide-based display with the ability to meet all requirements. The benefit to the warfighter will be vastly improved situational awareness and comfort. The technology is especially suitable for applications involving augmented reality and virtual reality. A wide-field-of-view see-through display is a dual-use product. SBG Labs hopes to leverage the proposed development into OEM components for consumer HMDs. The channel to market will be the same as SBG Labs other products: major consumer electronics companies. In the short term, since military devices will support a higher price point than commercial ones and entail lower production volumes, having the DoD as its first customer will enable SBG Labs to gradually ramp up its manufacturing infrastructure and engineer out the cost. In the long term, commercial demand will far outstrip defense demand, driving down cost to the DoD and spurring further technical development.
Keywords:
See-Through, Transparent, Field Of View, Fov, Head-Mounted Display, Hmd, Head-Up Display, Hud
Phase II
Contract Number: ----------Start Date: ---- Completed: ----
Phase II year
2012Phase II Amount
$749,967Benefit:
A see-through display focused at infinity must satisfy a suite of very challenging requirements; including wide field of view, high resolution, full color, good luminance, adequate dynamic grayscale, and minimal power consumption. To date, no waveguide technology has been able to satisfy these critical requirements, the most important being wide field of view. SBG Labs technology enables the first waveguide-based display with the ability to meet all requirements. The benefit to the warfighter will be vastly improved situational awareness and comfort. The technology is especially suitable for applications involving augmented reality and virtual reality. A wide-field-of-view see-through display is a dual-use product. SBG Labs hopes to leverage the proposed development into OEM components for consumer HMDs. The channel to market will be the same as SBG Labs other products: major consumer electronics companies. In the short term, since military devices will support a higher price point than commercial ones and entail lower production volumes, having the DoD as its first customer will enable SBG Labs to gradually ramp up its manufacturing infrastructure and engineer out the cost. In the long term, commercial demand will far outstrip defense demand, driving down cost to the DoD and spurring further technical development.
Keywords:
Color, See-Through, Near-To-Eye, Substrate Guided Optic, Field Of View, Fov, Head-Mounted Display, Hmd