SARATOGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mojo Vision, the high-performance micro-LED company, today announced a final close of its $43.5 million new Series A investment round to advance its micro-LED display technology across applications and bring it to commercialization. The funding round is led by long-time investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Khosla Ventures, and new investor Vanedge Capital, with participation from Shanda Grab Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures, Advantech Capital, Liberty Global Ventures, Drew Perkins, Fusion Fund...

The RayNeo X2 Lite smart glasses harness cutting-edge binocular full-color MicroLED displays, boasting exceptional visual qualities, smart AR features and an industry-leading ultra-light weight. Powered by the latest Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 Platform, the smart glasses offer innovative AI-backed live translation, smart assistant, 3D navigation, and HD camera features. The RayNeo X2 Lite is expected to be released in Q3 2024. MAUI, Hawaii, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- RayNeo™, an industry leader in consumer-grade augmented reality (AR) innovation...

On October 26th, 2023, the 6th China (International) Micro LED Display Summit Forum was held in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province. Martin Lee, Chairman and President of Ledman Brothers Optoelectronics, delivered a brilliant speech on the theme of “Progress of PM Glass Substrate Micro LED display technology” at the meeting, and announced that its Micro LED display technology research and development has made another major breakthrough, Together with WG TECH Optoelectronics, they officially launched the world’s first PM Glass Substrate Mic...

(LG Business Solutions) How is the hospitality industry meeting guests’ increased expectations? Hotels are more than a place to stay, they are a home away from home. Nowadays, travelers of both business and pleasure expect superior hotel customer experience when they set off for adventure. Guests want to be entertained and seek an elevated experience. And the competition is fierce. Hotels around the world are constantly evolving and updating their customer experience in hopes of improving and upgrading their current offering. But how can these hotels gain a competitiv...

A news report has found Microsoft is innovating its display technologies to reinvigorate its spatial communications devices Microsoft has reportedly filed a new patent to develop a microLED display solution to enhance virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) experiences. Microsoft’s latest patent aims to improve functionality for devices like its HoloLens 2 and others, indicating a potential revival of its research and development (R&D) push, a report from MS Power User revealed. In it, Microsoft filed the display technology patent, which c...

After pioneering OLED screens in laptops, smartphones, tablets, TVs, and wearables, Samsung is now working on the next big groundbreaking display technology: Micro LED. The South Korean firm has already released Micro LED TVs to bring the best of both OLEDs and LCDs. However, the company is looking to bring Micro LED to smartwatches. In a press release published earlier today by Samsung Korea, the company said that Samsung Electronics is considering using Micro LED panels for smartwatches and signage displays in the future. A rumor claims that S...

SARATOGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mojo Vision, the high-performance micro-LED company, today announced a final close of its $43.5 million new Series A investment round to advance its micro-LED display technology across applications and bring it to commercialization. The funding round is led by long-time investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Khosla Ventures, and new investor Vanedge Capital, with participation from Shanda Grab Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures, Advantech Capital, Liberty Global Ventures, Drew Perkins, Fusion Fund...

MicroLED pioneer Aledia (Grenoble, France) has appointed Pierre Laboisse as CEO and raised €120 million in funds from existing backers, according to state-owned investor Bpifrance. Laboisse was previously an executive vice president at AMS-Osram and replaces Giorgio Anania, who remains on the company’s board of directors. Aledia SA (Grenoble, France) was spun off from French research institute CEA-Leti in 2011 to develop 3D microLED technology based on gallium nitride nanowires fabricated on large-area silicon wafers. The Aledia technology...

HONG KONG- Following Apple's recent launch of mixed reality (MR) glasses, the importance of microdisplay technology has come to the forefront. Microdisplays are a critical and costly component of visual systems for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality applications. "Apple's venture into mixed reality, albeit remarkable, is tethered to MicroOLED displays. These come with their baggage—like soaring costs, compromised brightness, and longevity concerns," shared Dr. Eddy Hsu, the co-founder of the influential Rayleigh Vision with over 20-year ...

JBD, a leading MicroLED display manufacturer, has announced that the brightness of its 0.13-inch red MicroLED chips has exceeded 1 million nits, once again setting a new record in the industry. Boosting red brightness has been the toughest challenge in MicroLEDs. Since its founding, JBD has focused on hybrid integrated semiconductor tech and insisted on AlGaInP for red LEDs. With the ideal bandgap for red, AlGaInP is the most mature material for high-performance red LEDs. Red MicroLED panelslight-up image JBD's achievement on record h...

We’ve been hearing rumors about Apple adopting micro-LED displays in its products for a while now, but there’s still no sign of it happening anytime soon. Also according to rumors, Apple Watch could be the first product to receive the new display – and analyst Jeff Pu from Haitong Tech said in his latest report that this is still the case. According to him, the first Apple Watch with micro-LED is still on track for late 2025. Apple working on micro-LED Apple Watch Pu, who has sources in Apple’s supply chain, emphasized that many comp...

Avicena is showing the first 1Tbps microLED-based Transceiver IC in 16nm finFET CMOS as part of its LightBundleTM multi-Terabit interconnect technology LightBundle ASIC in 16nm finFET CMOS with transferred µLED and PD array and parallel electrical interface (Photo: Business Wire) SUNNYVALE, Calif. & GLASGOW, Scotland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avicena, a privately held company headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, is demonstrating its LightBundleTM multi-Tbps chip-to-chip interconnect technology at the European...

After years of research and planning in fields of the industry, academia, and research, Micro LED, known as the ultimate display technology, is entering a new stage of development this year. Micro LED applications for large-size displays and wearables are beginning to enter the mass production stage. However, it will still require a considerable amount of time for Micro LED to mature and be commercialized on a large scale. At the TrendForce-organized seminar “Next-gen Display Technologies and Trends”, Eric YB Chiou, senior research vice president at Tr...

When Nikhil Balram joined Mojo Vision, the company had initially been developing a smart contact lens. However, seeing the potential of its advanced MicroLED technology, Balram’s initial role was to spin this out as a separate display company. This plan shifted, however, as market conditions changed, and instead of spinning out a separate entity, Mojo Vision pivoted itself to focus disrupting the display industry. In our first interview with Balram, seen below, we talk about the need for change in the display industry, and how MicroLEDs may be architecting a disr...

On August 29, the three-day event DIC EXPO 2023 (Display Innovation China Expo 2023) kicked off at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), where display manufacturers throughout the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the display industry gathered to showcase the latest technologies of novel displays. During the event, display manufacturers (e.g., TCL, BOE, HKC, Tianma, JDI, MANTIX and Visionox), chipmakers (e.g., Prima, HGC, Highbroad, ShineOn, Chipone, ShanJin and SDK) and equipment providers (Coherent, HYC,...

The current Apple Vision Pro features two 4K microLED panels that are only sourced from Sony, a manufacturer that was earlier reported to cap its annual display production at just a million units for the AR headset. With this massive hurdle, not only will Apple not be able to produce as many units as it wants, but having a single supplier also means that the company will have less room for negotiating display component prices. Fortunately, a new report states that two Chinese suppliers are currently being evaluated for their microLED technology, which can potentially bri...

Shanghai, China, 28 August, 2023: Jade Bird Display (JBD), a world leader in MicroLED technology has announced prototype shipments of Phoenix series, which is the highly anticipated single panel monolithic RGB MicroLED micro-displays. While the Hummingbird, previously released and currently in volume production, targets 30-degree FOV application, the Phoenix series is designed to be used with 50+ degree FOV waveguides. The current engineering samples of Phoenix adopts 0.22” panel, with 2K resolution and 2.5um sub pixel pitch. A 2X2 array of sub-pix...

The press releases on this website are provided for historical reference purposes only. Please note that certain information may have changed since the date of release. Atsugi, Japan — Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (SSS) today announced the upcoming release of the ECX344A, a large-size, high-definition 1.3-type OLED Microdisplay with 4K resolution*1 which will contribute to more realistic recreations of spaces. The new OLED Microdisplay is mainly intended for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) head-mounted display applicati...

Outstanding accolades solidify TCL's position at the forefront of innovative display technology. PARIS, Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL, a world's top two TV brand and top one 98-inch TV brand, today announces exceptional honors obtained at the EISA Awards. Recognized as Europe's foremost authority on audio-visual innovation, the Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) has awarded TCL three distinguished awards, recognizing TCL's dedication to pushing the boundaries of display technology. For its breakthr...

SAN DIEGO--Saphlux today demonstrated an industry leading 0.39” full-color micro-LED display (T1-0.39 RGB) that will enable virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) manufacturers to create true outdoor-compatible brightness and high-resolution display systems with color rich image quality (Figure 1). Figure 1: Prototype T1-0.39 NPQD® RGB Light Engine “Light engines offering wide ranges of brightness, contrast, and color i.e., high dynamic range (HDR) within the power, thermal, and form-factor constraints is the biggest challen...

Apple is testing Micro LED displays near its California headquarters Apple is covertly working on a self-manufactured display for its devices at a small manufacturing unit near its California headquarter. This is the first time when iPhone maker is designing the screens, the company is producing a small number of displays for the testing purpose. According to the reports revealed by anonymous people, Apple is putting a lot of money on the development of Micro LED screens, the tech giant working hard to come up with the next generations screens. The project was kicked...

The debut of Apple's first car later this decade is expected to be a turning point in the automotive industry, as the technology company would turn from friend to foe for traditional carmakers. Its technology could fuel a new revolution in the auto world, as carmakers will likely follow in its footsteps and adopt similar ideas in their future models. One could be microLED technology, with new research published by TrendForce suggesting that displays based on this concept would become widely adopted in the automotive industry in the second half of the decade. Apple...

Recent developments surrounding Google's next-gen AR wearable device have been one thrilling roller coaster ride. It was reported that Google canceled its plans to launch a pair of smart glasses under Project Iris. However, a new job listing suggested the company may still have interest in developing its augmented reality glasses, which will even come equipped with an advanced micro-LED panel. At the end of June, Business Insider cited insider sources that Google performed a significant restructuring of its AR roadmap, which involved abandoning the successor to G...

Samsung Display believes that LEDoS (or micro-LED) will replace OLEDoS (or micro-OLED) in future AR headsets. LG Display agrees but sees a bright future for OLEDoS in VR headsets. Next year's launch of the Apple Vision Pro is expected to kickstart OLEDoS production, meaning OLED displays produced on silicon wafers – like microchips – for very high pixel density, which is why they are also referred to as micro-OLED. At the Deep Tech Forum hosted by Korean TheElec in July, LG Display said that OLEDoS is most l...

Kubos Semiconductors, a UK-based developer of MicroLED material technology, has recently been selected as a recipient of a £700,000 ($892,000) Future Economy Investor Partnerships (FEIP) grant. This award has been given to the firm by Innovate UK, the British government’s agency focused on fostering innovation. The grant’s issuance hinges upon the finalization of a complementary investment spearheaded by the Development Bank of Wales. A 150-mm wafer of GaN LEDs under test via wafer probing. (Source: Kubos) Kubos will use the funding i...

In a microblog post on Wechat, HC Semitek announced the kick-off ceremony for its MicroLED wafer manufacturing, packaging, and testing project in Jinwan District, Zhuhai, China. The event was attended by several local dignitarires, including Huang Zhihao, deputy secretary of the Zhuhai Municipal Party Committee and mayor, representatives from the municipal government, and officials from various departments and companies involved in the project. This initiative is meant to attract more upstream and downstream enterprises to Zhuhai, injecting momentum into Guangdong&rsqu...

According to Korea’s The Elec, LG Display purchased 14 MicroLED-related patents from Taiwanese company Ultra Display Technology (UDT) around mass transfer IP developed by the company. Among these patents, 13 were registered, and one was filed in the United States. When combined with the patents registered and filed in Taiwan and China, the total number reaches 38. The acquired patents mainly focus on the transfer process technology of MicroLEDs. Additionally, the acquired patents include MicroLED stacking, touch, and applications in augmented re...

According to research conducted by TrendForce, the much-anticipated Micro LED version of the Apple Watch is facing yet another delay and is now expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2026. The primary reason behind this delay is believed to be the need for reconfiguring the production supply chain. Previously, industry speculations suggested that Apple would take charge of the core production process, particularly the massive transfer of Micro LED technology. However, recent industry research by TrendForce indicate that LG Display (LGD) might now take ...

Brightest Blue, Green and Red microLED Arrays Feature Outstanding Optical Performance with Minimal Crosstalk and Outcoupling LEUVEN, Belgium, July 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Next month at SPIE Optics + Photonics 2023, MICLEDI Microdisplays, recognized by EE Times as a Silicon 100: Startups Worth Watching in 2023, will be on hand to demonstrate its portfolio of microLED (µLED) arrays. A leading technology company in the field of µLED displays for high def, ultra-compact displays, MICLEDI has optimized t...

Meta, previously known as Facebook, will reportedly release its first commercial augmented reality (AR) glasses, codenamed Artemis, without the high-end displays originally intended for the device. Instead, sources suggest that the glasses will use older glass lenses and Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) displays. Originally slated for release in 2027, Meta’s consumer-facing AR glasses will now feature LCoS displays instead of the more advanced MicroLED displays. LCoS is an aging display technology that was first used in movie projectors in the 1990s. This ...