One of the most highly-cited drawbacks to the HoloLens is its limited field of view, but now it appears that Microsoft has solved that problem.
Based on patents filed in April with the World Intellectual Property Organization and discovered via MSPoweruser, the method involves splitting an image and projecting the two separate components then combining them. The inventors, Microsoft optical engineers Tuomas Vallius and Jani Tervo, were able to achieve at least 70 degrees FOV, even if the individual components were only able to support 35 degrees.
Using embodiments described herein, a large… more
Source: Microsoft Has Figured Out How to Double Field of View on HoloLens
