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SCHOTT RealView®

The immersive world of augmented reality is brought to life with the range of SCHOTT RealView® glass wafers. Whether in smart glasses or head-mounted devices, the high refractive index waveguides provide excellent field of view (FoV) for a superior visual experience in consumer and professional environments.

Exceptionally sharp vision

The peerless build quality of SCHOTT RealView® glass ensures that augmented reality devices deliver the maximum viewing experience. Their perfectly machined surface, with low total thickness variation, generates sharp images and perfect contrast. The wafers’ high refractive index improves field of view and they are strong yet light, reducing device weight.

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Flexible quality

SCHOTT RealView® is flexible enough to fulfill a wide range of customer specifications. Smart glasses with excellent waveguides are used for providing close-up detail for complex manufacturing processes and medical procedures, enhancing business presentations and educational lectures, and generating crisp graphics for gaming and home entertainment.

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Product Variants

The SCHOTT RealView® product portfolio constantly grew over the past years: broadest portfolio in available refractive indices and wafer sizes. The latest lightweight substrate SCHOTT RealView® 1.9 lightweight underlines SCHOTT's innovation power and the company's strong commitment to the industry.

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SCHOTT RealView® delivers the perfect view

SCHOTT RealView® glass wafers have a high refractive index – a key component for optimum field of view – that provides first-class image quality for the ideal user experience. Using the highest quality manufacturing techniques, the customized wafers meet a wide variety of client needs, whether for mass production or in the crucial early phase of product innovation where effective prototyping at a rapid pace can mean the difference between project success and failure.

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Lightweight, thin and strong

Minimal thickness reduces the weight of the AR-Devices, while maintaining material strength.

$High refractive index magnifies the field of view (FoV), boosting the visual experience.$

Field of View

High refractive index magnifies the field of view (FoV), boosting the visual experience.

Sharp image quality

High homogeneity and transmission for clear images and light guiding with minimal loss.

Quality assured

Exceptional production process, providing an extremely low Total Thickness Variation (TTV).

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