Victor Chu will present his MSE talk “Artifact Resilient Holography” on Monday, April 7, 2025 at 2:309m in CS 105. The members of his committee are as follows: Felix Heid (Adviser) and Szymon Rusinkiewicz (reader) All ae welcome to attend. Please see abstract below. Holographic near-eye displays promise unparalleled depth cues, high-resolution imagery, and realistic three-dimensional parallax while possessing a compact form factor, making them promising candidates for emerging augmented and virtual reality systems. However, existing holographic display methods often assume controlled viewing conditions and overlook external factors such as eye floaters and eyelashes—obstructions that can severely degrade perceived image quality. In this work, we investigate holographic displays in the presence of these obstructions and find that these ocular artifacts are not a fundamental barrier but rather a critical design consideration involving the allocation of étendue and selection of phase profiles. Deviating from widely adopted smooth phase holograms in the field, our findings offer new insights into the design of holographic near-eye displays that maintain visual fidelity across a range of practical viewing scenarios.