In this contribution to the “Roadmap to Photonics Metasurfaces” published in Applied Physics Letters, we critically discuss the opportunities and challenges of using photonic metasurfaces in augmented reality (AR) applications. We briefly summarize the state-of-the-art of AR systems and put forward the hypothesis that meta-optics are already being used in commercial implementations of AR glasses. We then speculate how future systems will embed metasurface technology even further.
