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cessing of optical materials up production to meet de-
while working alongside mand.”
AR technologists to un- OPTICAL GLASS
derstand the needs of the REFINED TO SCHOTT
industry. REALVIEW™ GLASS
Today, from intense work WAFERS
on design, prototyping,
and processes proven SCHOTT RealView™ glass
in mass production, the wafers are available with
tailor-made optical glass tailored refractive index
solution for AR has be- and excellent light guid-
come a reality: SCHOTT ing properties. As a result
RealView™. of engineering innovation,
“We have the advantage SCHOTT RealView™ is
of being a fully integrated 10 times flatter, measured
supplier, covering every as Total Thickness Varia-
step of the process to con- tion (TTV), than industry
trol properties that are key standard glass wafers.
to the quality of the image: The geometrical precision
glass melt, wafer process- of the wafer surface is con-
ing, and optical coatings,” trolled to unprecedented
said Dr. Sprengard. “We accuracy, creating supe-
have invested in the infra- rior picture quality with the
structure to ensure we’re best contrast and highest
fully capable of ramping- definition, enhancing the

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