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It's a multifocal display? That could indeed be a significant competitive advantage. If that's the case though, I don't know why they don't just call it a multi
by Ajedi32 8y ago
It's a multifocal display? That could indeed be a significant competitive advantage. If that's the case though, I don't know why they don't just call it a multifocal display instead of using all this confusing, non-standard terminology like "Dynamic Digital Lightfield".
- RubenSandwich 8y agoMy best guess is marketing. Why did Apple call it's video calling FaceTime? It separates them from the competition.
- frabcus 8y agoThe name is meaningful and standard to me. I call it a "Light field display" - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_field See also the reverse "Light field camera" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-field_camera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-field_camera The "dynamic" part I don't understand yet - something to do with eye tracking allowing a higher resolution than otherwise would be available? Where's "multifocal display" from as terminology?
- Ajedi32 8y agoMaybe by "dynamic" they mean it's actually a varifocal display, like the Oculus Half-Dome prototype? https://www.oculus.com/blog/introducing-the-team-behind-half-dome-facebook-reality-labs-varifocal-prototype/ https://www.oculus.com/blog/introducing-the-team-behind-half... As for where I heard the term "multifocal display", I'd recommend checking out Douglas Lanman's talk at SID Display Week, where he goes into detail on a whole bunch of possible solutions to vergence-accommodation conflict in VR headsets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbRvkS3GDsw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbRvkS3GDsw