Nearly two years ago, Wearality created a unique Fresnel lens for VR headsets offering a claimed 150 degree field of view. The company successfully funded a VR viewer featuring the lens called ...

Fresnel lenses are designed so their light can be pointed in just one direction, meaning drivers in a lane may see only the ...

ST. GEORGE ISLAND - The St. George Lighthouse Association has added a life-size reproduction of the Cape St. George Light’s Fresnel lens to the collection at the Keeper’s House Museum. “We felt that ...

The history of optics began long before Christ in the regions where ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians used to live. The Indian subcontinent, the Greek people, and the Islamic world should be ...

You may know them best for their original use in lighthouses, where they're famously recognised as "the invention that saved a million ships". Or perhaps you initially think of their employment in ...

Fresnel lenses consist of a flat surface with interspaced, concentric steps whereby each step corresponds to the surface of a conventional lens. Each step thereby acts as a refractive surface, much ...

The world of lighting hardware can be confusing waters to navigate. There are so many different options, so many different types of fixtures, quality of light and methods of creating light; how do you ...

We learned last week that PSVR 2 will use Fresnel lenses, which have a range of advantages over traditional lenses, but also come with a big downside: god rays. However, Sony may have a trick up its ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the early nineteenth century, ...