@inproceedings{11b2f00f3c10403c891a56ef3428e822,
title = "VARiable HMD: Optical see-through HMD for AR and VR",
abstract = "Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) with head-mounted displays (HMDs) are rapidly becoming popular. Unfortunately, optical see-through HMDs for AR are not compatible with VR and users must prepare the other type of HMD to experience VR. We present a new method for optical see-through HMDs that enables switching between VR and AR by changing the degree of transparency. The proposed method controls liquid crystals to change the transparency in an enclosure constructed of polarizing plates to achieve the switch. The proposed method does not require the use of expensive modules and is applicable to various HMDs including those that are smartphone based and retinal projection based. We construct a prototype implementing the proposed method and evaluate its performance and unique characteristics.",
keywords = "Head-mounted display, Mixed reality, Optical see-though",
author = "Wataru Yamada and Hiroyuki Manabe and Daizo Ikeda and Jun Rekimoto",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Copyright is held by the owner/author(s).; 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2019 ; Conference date: 20-10-2019 Through 23-10-2019",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1145/3332167.3356896",
language = "English",
series = "UIST 2019 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "131--133",
booktitle = "UIST 2019 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology",
}