The most important thing to know about Fresnel lenses, before casually attempting to drop them into conversation, has to do with phonetics: "Fresnel" is pronounced "Fruh-NEL." If the silent "S" makes ...

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 ...

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 ...

These chandeliers by London designers Troika use large fresnel lenses to shape the light from LEDs suspended below them into overlapping geometric patterns on the ceiling of the Royal Society of Arts' ...

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 ...

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 ...

Apple's AR headset or "Apple Glass" device may use a movable display to compensate for motion blur, while fresnel lenses could help keep the weight of the headset down for users. Apple is long-rumored ...

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, ...