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wafers for augmented re- raw glass in its high-tech vanced Optics at SCHOTT.
MAXIMIZING ality (AR) applications melting facilities in Ger- “To raise the bar and meet
THE FIELD OF VIEW: – branded as SCHOTT many, and the wafer manu- the requirements of this
REALVIEW™ RealView™ – that double facturing and optical coat- rapidly expanding market,
HIGH-INDEX GLASS the total internal reflection ing takes place in China, manufacturers need superi-
WAFERS
angle compared to conven- where SCHOTT recently or optical wafers with qual-
Smart glasses need smart tional glass wafers, enabling announced a joint venture ities a full order of mag-
glass. SCHOTT, the inter- a larger field of view (FOV) investment together with nitude greater than what
national technology group, in AR devices. SCHOTT Zhejiang Crystal-Optech. has previously appeared on
has developed optical glass RealView™ wafers give AR REDEFINING the market – a challenge
device manufacturers the AR EXPERIENCES SCHOTT scientists and
first opportunity to expand WITH OUTSTANDING engineers have accepted
the FOV almost to the limit GLASS in the spirit of pushing the
of human peripheral vi- limits of process technology
sion. This innovation lays “Augmented reality should and metrology.”
the groundwork for size- still look like reality,” said Over the past few years, re-
able advances in this trans- Dr. Rüdiger Sprengard, searchers at SCHOTT have
formative consumer tech Vice President and Head leveraged their expertise in
field. SCHOTT produces of Augmented Reality, Ad- melting and surface pro-

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