Douglas Lanman

Senior Director, Display Systems Research (DSR), Reality Labs Research at Meta

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

@stanlarroque Thanks so much, Stan. That means a lot coming from you! I can't wait to hear the reactions from the community on these prototypes. It's the highlight of the year to bring headsets out of the lab!

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

We're heading to #SIGGRAPH to showcase two new VR prototypes!

Boba 3 features an ultra-wide 180° x 120° FOV in a compact design. Tiramisu offers 3.6x the resolution and 14x the brightness of Quest 3.

I can’t wait to share our research in Vancouver!

https://t.co/toQUJ2fdAf

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

@__aaron Yes, this system can create a holographic light field, supporting accurate accommodation and ocular parallax depth cues. See the following figure in the article for more details.

https://t.co/3pGeXOyxwo

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

Together with our collaborators at Stanford, I’m proud to share the publication of our latest Nature Photonics article. This paper builds on our past work on Holocake and Waveguide Holography to advance our goal to create VR glasses.

https://t.co/vdCw2jgqOo

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

Interested in joining my team at Meta?

I'm excited to hire two new scientists to join my team. We're looking for scientists that can help us invent 'breakthrough' AR glasses, going past the limits of industry-standard waveguides.

https://t.co/fL1SVJNmwi

[Nathan Matsuda @nathanmatsuda]

A new paper we worked on with Prof. @_FelixHeide_'s group is out now in @NatureComms. This project, led by @_EthanTseng_, continues our program exploring possible architectures for holographic near-eye displays. See Felix's post below for more info

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

I often receive questions about how we might solve vergence-accommodation conflict in glasses-form-factor AR displays. Our new Nature Communications publication provides a potential answer. We show how to combine holographic projectors with waveguides.

https://t.co/soltAef8KX

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

I recently presented a Colloquium talk at the College of Optical Sciences (OSC) at the University of Arizona. Having worked with dozens of graduates from OSC, it was an honor to share the work of my Display Systems Research team.

https://t.co/TRUoXfzheF

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

Our two demos at #SIGGRAPH just received three E-Tech awards, including Best in Show. It has been a joy to demo Flamera and Butterscotch Varifocal to hundreds of attendees. Thanks to all the members of DSR, and our partners across Reality Labs, for bringing this all together!

[Reality Labs at Meta @RealityLabs]

Massive congrats to our entire Display Systems Research team on an impressive three (!!!) wins at #SIGGRAPH2023 E-TECH: Best in Show for Flamera & Audience Choice + Official Selection for the Digital Content Association of Japan for Butterscotch Varifocal https://t.co/KqkvQ5zPVI

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

If you're in LA early for #siggraph, I'll be presenting a keynote at the ACM Symposium on Applied Perception tomorrow at 9:30am:

https://t.co/bx7VOgRLzo

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

@nathanmatsuda just shared a behind-the-scenes clip of our upcoming Flamera demo at #SIGGRAPH2023. This gives a better view of how thin the headset is, including both the display system and the new light-field camera module.

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

@LairAnderson @1DigitalReality @SadlyItsBradley That video came from this blog post: https://t.co/u1sbS4CUl5

Within the blog post are links to the full SIGGRAPH publications, including longer technical videos.

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

@Azadux Yes, both prototypes will be demoed all week, as part of the Emerging Technologies program. Also, Grace Kuo will be presenting a conference paper on light-field passthrough.

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

My team at Meta will be demonstrating two new VR/MR prototypes at #SIGGRAPH2023 — you can read about both in our latest blog post. As a VR/MR enthusiast, I’m happy to share these prototypes with our community. See you in LA!

https://t.co/u1sbS4CUl5

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

It was a joy to return to #SIGGRAPH2022 to share our first HDR VR prototype with the community. I hope it inspired a few others to focus their talents on creating more visually realistic AR/VR displays. Congrats to the Reality Labs DSR team on offering our first E-Tech demo!

[Nathan Matsuda @nathanmatsuda]

A big thank you to the 700 or so people who stopped by our HDR VR demo booth at #SIGGRAPH2022 Emerging Technologies - it was great chatting with everyone about dynamic range in virtual reality and going over our prototyping process with people across so many different fields.

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

I recently recorded a podcast with @boztank (Meta CTO). We discuss my team’s work to develop advanced VR display systems, some of the backstories of our prototypes, and how important partnerships will be to realize our ambitious concepts. https://t.co/o23MdS0O56

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

Today, my team at @RealityLabs is sharing an in-depth look at our progress towards passing the visual Turing test. It’s a joy to lead this team, and this retrospective paints a larger picture of our motivations, milestones, and upcoming challenges. https://t.co/15k23ZZ3dr

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

@nchan Thank you so much for taking the time to check out our research in Redmond — hosting you at RLR was something I've been looking forward to for years!

[Douglas Lanman @douglaslanman]

I’m so excited to share this glimpse into our research towards passing the visual Turing test. @nchan covers the latest on varifocal, retinal resolution, distortion, HDR, Holocake, and more. Several prototypes will be shown at SIGGRAPH 2022, including a demo of our HDR headset.

[Norman Chan @nchan]

we went up to Reality Labs Research to get exclusive hands-on time with Meta’s newly announced VR headset prototypes! https://t.co/O6DK0PPqXF