In recent years, Chinese panel powerhouse Tianma has been doubling down on Micro LED technology, drawn by its myriad advantages like high contrast, wide color gamut, exceptional brightness, compact size, and high energy efficiency. At a Micro LED seminar held by TrendForce in 2024, Yong-Feng Liu, Product Planning Director at Tianma Micro LED Research Institute, shed light on the latest advancements in Micro LED technology and outlined the company’s strategies and future plans. Tianma Focuses on Three Key Micro LED Applications: Automotive Dis...

Micro LED technology is becoming a significant development focus in the display industry, but its research, development, and mass production face technical barriers and funding challenges. Therefore, corporate funding has become one of the key ways to drive breakthroughs and accelerate the industry’s development. Tianyancha, a Chinese corporate information website, reveals that YiCai Xin Guang Technology (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “YCXG”) announced the completion of its angel round funding on November 20. The amount financed was n...

CES 2025 is set to take place from January 7 to 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. Recently, several companies have released previews of their exhibits. What new LED products can we expect at this upcoming technology extravaganza? TCL: Showcasing the World's Largest QD-Mini LED TV TCL announced plans to introduce a range of innovative products and solutions at CES 2025. In the display segment, TCL will highlight the latest generation of Mini LED large-screen technology and the world’s largest QD-Mini LED TV. Other showcased products will i...

Foxconn has announced a partnership with Porotech to enter the AR glasses market, following partnership between the two companies focused on MicroLED microdisplays for AR applications announced in 2023. According to its press release, the collaboration aims to accelerate Foxconn’s strategic advancements in AR and MicroLED technologies while delivering high-performance, lightweight AR display solutions. Notably, Foxconn’s press release states that the company plans to establish a MicroLED wafer processing production line in Taichung, with mass prod...

According to a report from TechNews citing Financial Times, Meta is accelerating its development of AR devices to compete with Apple, Google, and others. The company plans to add a display layer to its Ray-Ban Meta glasses, as the report notes. Meta has partnered with Ray-Ban’s manufacturer, EssilorLuxottica, to develop the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. Citing sources, the report from Financial Times reveals that Meta intends to incorporate a display layer into these glasses to show simple text and images, enabling the reception of service notifications and resp...

In a remarkable breakthrough in their research, Polar Light Technologies has achieved red light of 625 nm based on the company’s non-etching bottom-up concept. This means Polar Light Technologies have reached red, green, and blue pyramidal microLEDs using the same material compound. The pyramidal design has the ability to be manufacturable while maintaining excellent microLED performance, laying the foundation for monolithic RGB displays. This milestone marks the culmination of years of rigorous research and development, truly enabling spatial computing and ...

Veeco Instruments Inc. today announced that PlayNitride, an industry leader in MicroLED technology, has qualified Veeco’s Lumina® MOCVD system for production of next-generation MicroLEDs, and also placed an order for two systems for delivery in 2025. PlayNitride’s decision followed a successful evaluation of Veeco’s Lumina® MOCVD system. “We’re pleased to partner with Veeco for production and commercialization of our industry-leading MicroLED technology for wearables, TVs, transparent displays and automotive,&rdquo...

VueReal, the leader in MicroSolid Printing™, is set to transform the microLED industry at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, January 7–10. The company will debut its groundbreaking Design Reference Kits, providing the industry with its first comprehensive tools to accelerate the adoption of microLED technology. The Design Reference Kits are designed to streamline product development across diverse sectors—including automotive, augmented reality (AR), consumer electronics, and lighting—enabling companies to bring microLED-powered products to mark...

With the announcement of 33rd (2025) Taiwan Excellence Awards, AUO shines once again by securing Silver Awards for the “AUO Smart Cockpit 2024”, the Solar PV Module Cleaning Robot “SunCleanBots” and the Solar power monitoring system “SunVeillance”, underscoring its commitment to technological and quality excellence. Additionally, AUO has nominated eight products in total, all products across　advanced displays, energy solutions, in-vehicle HMI solutions, and smart manufacturing were recognized with Taiwan Excellence A...

Scrona GEN3-128 ZURICH, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scrona AG, the micro-manufacturing startup and world record holder of the smallest ever printed color picture, will be demonstrating its new 128-nozzle printhead at CES. What: Scrona's cutting-edge printing platform achieves micro-meter precision, unmatched throughput, and exceptional material flexibility, targeted for the following applications: Semiconductor manufacturing: Scrona's technology offers revolutionary capabilities for die-attach applications by dispensing the smallest volumes of adhes...

HKC has announced a milestone for itself: the successful development of the world’s first 6.67-inch glass-based High Mobility Oxide (HMO) backplane MicroLED display panel. At the heart of HKC’s innovation is its proprietary HMO backplane, a second-generation metal oxide material that offers 20 to 50 times higher electron mobility compared to traditional amorphous silicon (a-Si). HKC’s display achieves peak brightness of 1000 nits, 95% brightness uniformity, an ultra-high contrast ratio exceeding 1,000,000:1, and 99% DCI-P3 wide color gamut ...

As 2024 draws to a close, the Micro LED microdisplay industry continues to make breakthroughs in areas including cooperation and financing, end-market applications, and technical performance upgrades, significantly accelerating the commercialization process. Over the past year, Micro LED technology has continuously evolved, with frequent collaborations within the industry. According to the initial figures from LEDinside, 17 partnerships have been established in 2024. Particularly in the field of AR glasses, significant progress has been made in Micro LED applications,...

SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- VRTUOLUO, a new media platform focused on the VR/AR industry, has conducted an in-depth analysis of the AR glasses industry, shedding light on the technological advancements that are shaping its future. Here is the full article: Tech giants are in a race to shape the future of innovation, with augmented reality (AR) glasses at the forefront of this technological revolution. Among the latest developments, Meta's introduction of "Orion"—a pioneering AR glasses prototype—stands out as ...

Introduction At SID Display Week in May 2024, MicroLED maker Jade Bird Display (JBD) had a large booth that showed their devices, a number of customer systems, and a “compensation demo.” JBD offered to loan me their compensation demo. After sending me one of the demos from SID and my taking many pictures to evaluate it, JBD informed me that they would be able to send me a newer demo in a couple of months, so I decided to wait for the newer system before reporting my results. Between the availability of the systems and my travel, many months have ...

South China University of Technology and Guangdong Choicore Optoelectronics Company Ltd in China report on using graded indium gallium nitride (InGaN) quantum barriers (QBs) in blue light-emitting diode (LED) to improve the modulation frequency performance of devices grown on silicon (Si) with a view to deployment in visible light communication (VLC) systems [Lei Lei et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, published online 11 November 2024]. The team sees VLC as a potential supplement to the overcrowded spectrum of existing wireless communication systems. ...

Rumors about an impending set of Samsung Smart Glasses have been circulating for a while now. Samsung’s team has dropped plenty of hints that the company is planning on entering the XR market. They even confirmed at the “Unpacked 2024” event that an XR device would be arriving soon. Unfortunately, the company has been a little stingy with the details. Recent leaks suggest that Samsung could enter the “smart wearables” market sooner than we thought. According to a leak revealed at the end of October 2024, Samsung filed a patent with the ...

TrendForce reports that the revenue from Micro LED chips is projected to reach approximately US$39 million in 2024, with large displays remaining the primary source of contribution. Looking ahead, breakthroughs in technical bottlenecks are on the horizon, while applications in automotive displays and the increasing maturity of full-color AR glasses solutions are expected to propel Micro LED chip revenue to $489 million by 2028. TrendForce highlights several challenges confronting the Micro LED industry in 2024. First, the slow progress in chip miniaturization has h...

The smart glasses market is at the cusp of a technological revolution, with RayNeo, Xreal, and Viture leading the charge in augmented reality (AR) and extended reality (XR) technology. This article takes a look at the unique features, display quality, and overall user experience of these three brands, with a special focus on Rayneo’s frequency offset and standout product highlights. RayNeo, an innovation-led subsidiary incubated by TCL Electronics, is committed to advancing augmented reality technology in consumer electronics. Known for integrating cutting-edge A...

Brighter and more efficient LEDs that don't droop. Credit: Nagoya University Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are everywhere in modern life, powering everything from smartphones to home lighting solutions. However, the current generation of LEDs has a significant drawback – when we increase their power for added brightness, efficiency takes a hit. Now, a team of researchers at Nagoya University in Japan has introduced an innovative approach that promises to make LEDs brighter while maintaining their efficiency. Their research aims to reduce the cost and en...

  In recent years, self-emissive display technologies, primarily Mini/Micro LED and Micro OLED, have shone brightly in fields such as large displays, automotive screens, and AR/VR glasses. But what’s next for this technology? How can it be further refined, and where is it headed in the future? These questions have sparked off discussions among display industry experts....

Researchers at the Nitride Technology Centre (NTC) at TU Braunschweig, in collaboration with Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences and ams OSRAM, are looking into the use of microLED devices in neuromorphic computing. The researchers say that the adoption of microLED devices may lead to highly efficiency AI computers. The basic idea is to mimic the biological neural network by using photonic components. The researchers are combining GaN components with conventional silicon microelectronics to create highly integrated arrays with hundreds of thousands of...

MANCHESTER, England, Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartkem (NASDAQ: SMTK), positioned to power the next generation of displays using its disruptive organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), has partnered with AUO, the largest display manufacturer in Taiwan, to jointly develop the world's first advanced rollable, transparent microLED display using Smartkem's technology. "We believe that collaborating with global display industry leader AUO to develop a novel microLED display puts Smartkem's technology on the frontier of microL...

X Display Company (XDC®), a leading developer of semiconductor devices for displays, and Lumileds, a global leader in MicroLED technology, have developed a revolutionary 140 pixels per inch (ppi) microIC-driven microLED prototype display. This first of a kind display technology marks a significant milestone for MicroLED displays in mobile consumer applications including smartwatches, smartphones, tablets, and PCs. MicroICs enable a significantly more flexible and power efficient approach to display backplane architecture. The new MicroLED display feature...

Generative AI Leads the Way: Humanoid and Service Robots Receive Major Upgrades Robotics is poised to remain a central focus in 2025 as advancements in AI and robotics accelerate, driven by major players like NVIDIA and Tesla. The development will emphasize training machine learning, digital twin simulation platforms, collaborative robotics, mobile robotic arms, and humanoid robots to adapt to various environments and enable seamless human-machine interaction. Humanoid robots, backed by substantial investment from U.S. and Chinese manufacturers, are set to ...

Deep inside the $40 million project to develop next-generation bionic contact lenses, scientists have developed a new material primed to transfer information from a mobile phone directly on to eyeballs. How humans engage with media could be about to change. As more is understood about the damage of excessive screen time on phones and laptops, biometric solutions are under development to limit the time spent staring at an LED screen. While a brain-computer interface built by Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp takes the idea to the extreme – by surgically attaching a neura...

XIAMEN, China, Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 6th, Tianma Global Innovation Conference 2024 (TIC 2024) was held in Xiamen, where Tianma unveiled its latest research and development breakthroughs. The grand event underscored Tianma's dedication to continuous exploration and innovation in display technology. Chairman Peng Xuhui of Tianma delivered a keynote speech entitled "Perseverance," providing in-depth insights from four perspectives. First, perseverance in manufacturing. Tianma remains dedicated to the manufacturing sector, ...

LG Display may have just redefined “flexible” displays. On Friday, the South Korean company unveiled a prototype for the world’s first truly stretchable display, capable of expanding by 50% without sacrificing image quality. The prototype features a 12-inch screen that stretches to 18 inches while maintaining a high resolution of 100 pixels per inch and full RGB color.   This isn’t LG’s first attempt at creating a stretchable display. The company showcased a prototype in 2022, though it had a maximum elongation rate of just 20%. LG...

Researchers based in China report on the fabrication of 270nm-wavelength deep ultraviolet-C (UVC) arrays of micro-LEDs with a view to maskless proximity photolithography [Feng Feng et al, nature photonics, published online 15 October 2024]. The team from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nano-Bionics, comments: “UVC micro-LED arrays are increasingly valued in photolithography and photochemistry as tools for generating arbitrary image patterns and transferrin...

Figure 1. Overall concept of face-fit surface-lighting micro-LEDs (FSLED) mask. a. Optical image of the FSLED mask showing uniform surface-lighting. schematic illustration of the FSLED mask. The 2D to 3D transformation procedure b. Difference in cosmetic effect on deep skin elasticity, wrinkles, and sagging between FSLED mask and CLED mask. (improvement percentage in eight weeks). Credit: Advanced Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202411651 Conventional LED masks, with their rigid design, fail to conform closely to the skin's contours. T...

Schematic diagram of self-stabilizing luminescence system built with vertically integrated devices. Credit: Prof. Sun's team A team led by Prof. Sun Haiding from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) developed a vertically integrated micro-scale light-emitting diode (micro-LED) array which was then applied in deep ultraviolet (DUV) maskless photolithography system for the first time. Their study was published in Laser & Photonics Reviews. Photolithography plays a crucial role in the manufacture of integrated circuit chips and is on...