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Luxecel report a milestone in their 3D printed prescription lenses (time lapse vid) having produces 50,000 lenses and are now ramping volume on their VisionPlatforms.
ā¤ They can also embed a waveguide (link):
SEE: https://www.luxexcel.com/applications/integration-of-waveguides-and-lcd-screens/
via @Luxexcel | #SmartGlasses
Luxecel report a milestone in their 3D printed prescription lenses (time lapse vid) having produces 50,000 lenses and are now ramping volume on their VisionPlatforms.ā¤ They can also embed a waveguide (link):
SEE: https://www.luxexcel.com/applications/integration-of-waveguides-and-lcd-screens/
via @Luxexcel | #SmartGlasses
2/4In my 02/2019 piece at UPLOAD I covered a patent by NORTH for a waveguide embedding in a prescription lens: https://uploadvr.com/waveguides-laser-displays-smartglasses-ar/
ā¦a representative from Interglass suggested we may see waveguide demoed in a prescription lens by CES2020.
NORTH did: https://www.cnet.com/news/the-smartglasses-that-could-be-ready-for-my-eyes/
In my 02/2019 piece at UPLOAD I covered a patent by NORTH for a waveguide embedding in a prescription lens: https://uploadvr.com/waveguides-laser-displays-smartglasses-ar/ā¦a representative from Interglass suggested we may see waveguide demoed in a prescription lens by CES2020.
NORTH did: https://www.cnet.com/news/the-smartglasses-that-could-be-ready-for-my-eyes/
3/4While NORTH was first over the finish line, they ran out of runway, and were acquired for engineering team and IP assets by Google, but did not release Focals 2.0.
Interglassāquoted for the article aboveāhas also embedded holographic optical elements in resin lens.
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While NORTH was first over the finish line, they ran out of runway, and were acquired for engineering team and IP assets by Google, but did not release Focals 2.0.Interglassāquoted for the article aboveāhas also embedded holographic optical elements in resin lens.
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4/X (adding more)Interglass had their own issues and key personnel were poached by Tobii, who led development of Tobii Pro / Glasses 3.
I would suggest this has added substantial value to Tobii, no longer just eye-tracking, also prescription embedded optoelectronics.
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Interglass had their own issues and key personnel were poached by Tobii, who led development of Tobii Pro / Glasses 3.I would suggest this has added substantial value to Tobii, no longer just eye-tracking, also prescription embedded optoelectronics.
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5/xGetting a waveguide into a prescription lensāHoly Grail for achieving consumer viable smartglassesāhas proven damningly difficult.
Interglass emerged from Ćcole Polytechnique FĆ©dĆ©rale de Lausanne, of Switzerland, in the same cohort as Lemoptix & Compsyt Light Labs.
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Getting a waveguide into a prescription lensāHoly Grail for achieving consumer viable smartglassesāhas proven damningly difficult.Interglass emerged from Ćcole Polytechnique FĆ©dĆ©rale de Lausanne, of Switzerland, in the same cohort as Lemoptix & Compsyt Light Labs.
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6/x Luxexcel now sits adjacent only to Google (via NORTH acquisition) in achieving a waveguide within a prescription lens.
Only perhaps two others qualify as a "watch closely." (might make a good case for a @TobiiTechnology + @DigiLensInc prototype collaboration).
one moreā> https://twitter.com/chrisgrayson/status/1334223888767651842
Luxexcel now sits adjacent only to Google (via NORTH acquisition) in achieving a waveguide within a prescription lens.Only perhaps two others qualify as a "watch closely." (might make a good case for a @TobiiTechnology + @DigiLensInc prototype collaboration).
one moreā> https://twitter.com/chrisgrayson/status/1334223888767651842
CAVEATS/UNKNOWNS
āŗ What process knowledge does Interglass retain? (they have IP)
āŗ Tobii lens partner?
āŗ Luxexcel: No public waveguide debut.
āŗ North previewed privately at CES2020, but also no public scrutiny.
āŗ North may be partnered with Covestro, as with their combiner: https://twitter.com/chrisgrayson/status/1195038775157706752
āŗ What process knowledge does Interglass retain? (they have IP)
āŗ Tobii lens partner?
āŗ Luxexcel: No public waveguide debut.
āŗ North previewed privately at CES2020, but also no public scrutiny.
āŗ North may be partnered with Covestro, as with their combiner: https://twitter.com/chrisgrayson/status/1195038775157706752
