Presentation Abstract
Alastair Grant
Alastair joined DigiLens in 2011 and is DigiLens’ chief optical architect, responsible for R&D development of DigiLens’ holographic waveguides and associated fabrication and exposure equipment for both near to eye AR and automotive AR applications.
Over the past 25+ years Alastair has held positions senior and principal optical engineering positions with BAE SYSTEMS, OPTICS1/SAFRAN, and Panavision, where he has successfully innovated, designed, built, tested and deployed an extensive range of optical solutions. Alastair’s broad optical experience includes commercial, defense, visible, infrared, imaging, illumination, classical and holographic / diffractive optics.
Alastair holds a BSc.(Hons) in Optoelectronics and Laser engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, and an MSc. in Electronics from University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.