Topic: optical engineering
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New Camera Captures Everything in Perfect Focus
Researchers have developed a revolutionary "spatially-varying autofocus" lens system that allows a camera to keep an entire scene in perfect focus at once, moving beyond the single focal plane limitation of traditional optics. The system combines a specialized Lohmann lens with a spatial light mo...
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Canon's New Patent Could Make VR Glasses as Thin as Regular Eyewear
Canon has patented a new optical system for VR glasses that uses a triple-pass design to fold light, enabling a slim, lightweight form factor similar to everyday eyewear. The technology employs two half-mirror layers and a single negative-power lens to condense the optical path, correct aberratio...
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