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| [* black] From the front, these lenses are mirrored enough to hide the wearer's eyes, but from the back they're clear—well, clear-ish. | |
| [* black] There was some ''spec''-ulation that Magic Leap used polarizing lenses paired with a selective focus element, but a quick test rules that theory out—these aren't polarizing. | |
| [* black] Peeking into the eyepiece, we find the stacked waveguide panel (A.K.A. the photonic lightfield chip)—which is striated and glued to the lens, four LEDs—infrared blasters for eye tracking—and their traces, plus several layers of lens to hold it all together. | |
| [* icon_note] Moving in for a closer look at the photonics chip, we notice individual layers of glue between each of the six waveguides (one each for red, green, and blue, in two focus planes). A very small air gap between each layer makes the glue more apparent. | |
| - | [* black] For such a highly stylized piece of hardware design |
| + | [* black] For such a highly stylized piece of hardware design, the lamination in the lens looks a little less polished than might be expected—not that you'd ever notice during use. |
| [* black] The edges of these optical elements also appear hand-painted black, possibly to minimize internal reflections and interference. |