Talk Abstract: Holographic displays form images by manipulating the wave properties of light, enabling highly realistic imagery, complete with focal cues and parallax, in a compact form factor. However, despite their promise, holographic displays have yet to become mainstream due to their limited field of view and reduced image quality from laser speckle. In this talk, I’ll discuss recent research to address these challenges and explore the potential of holographic technology to create a wide field of view display with true glasses-form factor.

Speaker Biography: Grace Kuo is a research scientist in the Display Systems Research team at Meta where she works on novel display and imaging technology for virtual and augmented reality. She’s particularly interested in the joint design of hardware and algorithms for imaging systems, and her work spans optics, optimization, signal processing, and machine learning. Grace earned her BS at Washington University in St. Louis and her PhD at University of California, Berkeley, advised by Dr. Laura Waller and Dr. Ren Ng.