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The Crazy VR Goggles in HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Are Not a Prop but a Real Prototype

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HBO’s show Silicon Valley entertains with tales of the pervasive startup culture of California’s San Francisco Bay Area. In the last few years, virtual reality has been one of the hottest trends in the startup and venture capital space, and the writers of the show have taken clear notice. Photo courtesy HBO.

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The Crazy VR Goggles in HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Are Not a Prop.

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The Crazy VR Goggles in HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Are Not a Prop but a Real Prototype HBO’s show Silicon Valley entertains with tales of the pervasive startup culture of California’s San Francisco Bay Area. But what you’re looking at is actually a real prototype of an HMD called the Glyph, developed by a company called Avegant.

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Holographic Waveguides: What You Need To Know To Understand The Smartglasses Market

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But with Dispelix already producing a printed surface relief waveguide, and with Avegant more recently demonstrating a light-field display (using an even more vintage beam-splitter technique), Magic Leap may have lost much of its novelty. Holographic Waveguides. While DigiLens’ work for the U.S.