Magic Leap virtual reality works with fiber optic mini projectors

The technology Magic Leap uses is likely to work with fiber optic mini projectors. Magic Leap is said to be a more powerful variant of Google Glass that can project high-resolution, realistic images onto users’ retinas.

The mini projector based on the optical fiber cable has a size of 9×1 mm and is therefore much smaller than current ways of projecting images, Gizmodo writes based on its own research. The technology would already be in use for endoscopes, with which doctors can conduct research in the human body. The professor who develops the high-resolution endoscope, Eric Seibel, is also said to have figured out that the endoscope can also project images.

The small projector works with some small lenses and a piezoelectric drive. Magic Leap would like to further develop that technology by, among other things, being able to adjust the depth of field of an object’s rendering to the environment, based on what the eyes focus on; this makes the objects appear more real, because the eyes perceive a size and depth when focusing as if it were a real object.

The Magic Leap will run software based on Android. According to Gizmodo, it is a more powerful variant of Google Glass. Jobs from Magic Leap indicate that the company wants to mix reality with virtual reality by means of drones, among other things, but what role they play remains unknown.

Magic Leap became known earlier this year when it received an investment of $542 million, about 430 million euros. That financial support came from Qualcomm and Google, among others. In addition, Sundar Pichai, Google’s head of Chrome and Android development, took a seat on Magic Leap’s board.