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Delivering VR in perfect focus with nanostructure meta-lenses

  • Written by Federico Capasso, Professor of Applied Physics, Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering, Harvard University
Could there be a future with smaller, less bulky VR headsets?Jean-Marc Giboux/AP Images for Siemens

If wearing a virtual reality or augmented reality headset is ever to become commonplace, hardware manufacturers will need to figure out how to make the devices small and lightweight while ensuring their images are sharp and clear. Unfortunately, this...

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