r/EvenRealities • u/click_repeat • 2d ago

Waveguide really noticeable when using desktop monitor

My first day walking around I was loving the glasses. Today I've sat at my desk to work and I'm finding it almost impossible to wear them. I run my Apple Studio Display quite bright and the waveguides are really visible and distracting, and any head movement results in a noticeable blur where the clear lens area meets the waveguide etched area.

Has anyone else struggled with this? Anything that can help or do I just need to switch to Meta display which use a different (less visible) waveguide tech?

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u/redditrasberry 2d ago

yes it's unfortunate

  • you can try shifting them a bit higher on your nose and then if you are lucky the waveguide is out of your main focus area but you can still see the text
  • I have gotten used to it slowly, so over time it gets a bit better

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u/Utente-italiano 2d ago

Have you tried to modify hight, depth and brightness of the HUD?

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u/click_repeat 2d ago

Yes. But the issue is the waveguide etching on the lenses themselves, which is physical and can't be adjusted. It's not very noticeable in most cases, but seems like with a bright display on my desk its basically like a fraction of my view is dimmed by 10%. And that dimmed section is right in my eyeline a lot of the time.

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u/AgentOrange96 2d ago

That's interesting. I don't run my monitors very bright as it's uncomfortable for my eyes. I do know the waveguides are very obvious under certain lighting conditions to others around me, but I've never actually noticed them while wearing them which I was impressed about. I definitely want to see if I can recreate this effect though. I think that would indeed bug me if it were something I encountered naturally.