Lumus, the pioneering developer of reflective (geometric) waveguide technology for augmented reality (AR) eyewear, today announced a new manufacturing agreement with Zhejiang Crystal-Optech Co., Ltd. (Crystal-Optech or COT), a leading Chinese precision-optics manufacturer. Under the agreement, Crystal-Optech will manufacture Lumus' geometric waveguides, extending Lumus' global manufacturing footprint into China and adding to an already robust supply chain to keep pace with growing customer demand. Crystal-Optech brings extensive experience manufacturing pre...

On September 9, Goeroptics showcased a range of new products spanning XR optics, smart projection, automotive optics, and industrial vision at the 27th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE). XR Optics: Parallel Iteration Across Multiple Technology Routes, Achieving Both Lightweight Design and High-Performance Display As AR glasses accelerate toward a regular eyeglass form factor, Goeroptics is focusing on three key directions: lightweight wearability, imperceptible gratings, and ultra-clear image quality. The company introduced multiple ne...

Product development and volume production at Hongshi MicroLED At the China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) 2026, Hongshi Intelligent showcased a new-generation full-color MicroLED light engine based on its Yunjin platform. Using three-color optical combining, the 0.15 cc light engine has entered pilot production in selected customer projects and is being prepared for mass production. Jiguang Yaoying, presented in CIOE 2025, is now being delivered in volume for customer projects. Deliveries of the previous generation and validation of the new...

Founded in 1997, Vuzix brings nearly 30 years of optical design expertise to the industry. Vuzix strategically leverages its U.S. manufacturing footprint, maintaining both R&D and manufacturing of waveguides in Rochester, New York. A pivotal turning point arrived in 2010 through a collaboration with Nokia scientists and engineers, which granted Vuzix early access to foundational waveguide patents, equipment, and processes well before the era of HoloLens. Backed by over 500 patents and an ISO 9001-certified facility, Vuzix continues to strengthen its position as a glob...

As AI and wearables become increasingly integrated, coupled with an aggressive push from market leaders, global market intelligence firm TrendForce projects that global AR glasses shipments will hit a milestone of millions of units in 2026. As high-cost components at the system level, optical waveguides play a pivotal role in driving large-scale production and mass adoption across the AR glasses industry, with cost reductions and performance upgrades serving as primary growth engines. In a recent interview, TrendForce had the privilege to gain insights from Li Xiayun, Chai...

NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (NTT-AT; headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tadashi Ito) and EV Group (EVG; headquarters: Austria), a leading provider of innovative process solutions and expertise serving leading-edge and future semiconductor designs and chip integration schemes, have jointly verified the compatibility of NTT-AT’s UV-curable high-refractive-index resins with EVG’s proprietary SmartNIL® process technology and evaluated the feasibility of manufacturing waveguides for AR op...

Researchers have developed a full-color near-eye display that uses three stacked holographic gratings, each engineered to direct red, green or blue light. The new design could help advance compact, energy-efficient augmented reality (AR) glasses for use in a variety of professional and consumer applications. Holographic gratings are microscopic optical structures that use a laser-recorded interference pattern to precisely redirect and shape light. In a near-eye display, they can be used to couple light into and out of a transparent waveguide, allowing digital images to be delivere...

VITURE, the leading XR/AR glasses manufacturer, and S-GAME, the studio behind Phantom Blade Zero, revealed an official hardware collaboration at Worlds of Play: The Game Art Exhibition. Phantom Beast XR Glasses bring the "kungfupunk" aesthetic of S-GAME's highly anticipated action-RPG to VITURE's flagship XR glasses. VITURE x Phantom Blade Zero: Phantom Beast is available to pre-order now for $599 exclusively at viture.com and the IGN Store. Phantom Beast launches on October 29, the same day as Phantom Blade...

VIJO (Suzhou) Optoelectronics Technology (VIJO), a Micro LED optical chip manufacturer, has completed a new financing round of nearly 100 million RMB, according to an official statement on the company’s WeChat account on Monday. The investment round was backed by Xinhe Capital, the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area Seed Investment Fund, and Appotronics, a Shanghai-listed semiconductor laser technology company, alongside Peng Qian, chairman of Wuhan Jingce Electronic Group, a Shenzhen-listed semiconductor inspection equipment s...

RayNeo announced their latest AR glasses, the RayNeo iO, featuring grEen monochrome microLED microdisplays.   RayNeo says that these glasses uses its latest Firefly Engine Nano, which is likely based on JBD's 0.1cc microdisplays. The RayNeo iO Smart Glasses also feature an AI assistant, can translate in 40 languages, and weigh 33 grams. They will launch in September 2026, for $479. TrendForce 2025 Near-Eye Display Market Trend and Technology Analysis Publication Date : 29 August 2025 Language : Traditional Chinese / English ...

Every generation of augmented reality (AR) glasses is made possible by advances in optics, materials science, and engineering. Long before new devices reach production, researchers are exploring innovative waveguide materials, display architectures, and manufacturing techniques that could shape the future of AR. Advancing Waveguide Materials for Better AR Glasses As the AR glasses industry continues to pursue more compact, lightweight, and practical display systems, waveguide materials must advance alongside these evolving designs to support the next phase of optical ...

Unseen Reality today launched its Kickstarter campaign for URXR One, a 93-gram pair of spatial display glasses that plug into any USB-C device to place a large, sharp virtual screen in front of you. The campaign opens with a limited number of early-bird spots starting from $699, a standard campaign price of $799, and an $899 retail price after the campaign ends. URXR One is scheduled to ship in Fall 2026. “We built URXR One so spatial computing could finally disappear onto your face and run all day off the laptop you already carry,” said Edward Zho...

TDK acquired assets from OQmented to strengthen AR display technology portfolio. The acquisition adds valuable IP, engineering expertise, and MEMS-based laser beam scanning technology. Purchase supports TDK’s strategy to develop advanced, vertically integrated display solutions for future smart glasses, combining TDK’s eye intent technology, Full-color Laser Module (FCLM), MEMS mirror, and other internal TDK technologies to build a smart glass display system under TDK AIsight. TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) announces that i...

In the first half of 2026, the AR glasses industry entered a stage of accelerated commercialization. The integration of AI foundation models and near-eye display technologies has gathered momentum, with global tech giants and domestic innovators launching new products in quick succession. Capital continues to flow into core components, including optical engines and waveguides, driving the transition of AR glasses from “technical exploration” to “market cultivation”. According to TrendForce, global AR glasses shipments are projected to surpass 1 millio...

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of AI-powered smart glasses, waveguides and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies, today reported its second quarter results for the three months ended June 30, 2026. "Our branded enterprise smart glasses business continues to generate revenue, customer insight and market credibility, while opening new doors for Vuzix in the smart glasses ecosystem as an OEM smart glasses, waveguides and display systems provider," said Paul Travers, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vuzix. "We delivered our initial next-ge...

Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), a leading supplier of smart glasses, waveguides and augmented reality technologies, today announced that it has received an additional smart glasses order from Augmex, a smart glasses solutions provider focused on helping enterprise customers improve productivity, training and workflow execution. The order includes Vuzix M400 and LX1 smart glasses and continues a series of orders received from Augmex since December 2024. The latest order is expected to support Augmex's launch of its solutions in the United States, as well a...

As artificial intelligence and wearables become increasingly integrated, coupled with a strong push from market leaders, global market intelligence firm TrendForce projects that global AR glasses shipments will reach a milestone of one million units in 2026. Microdisplays, as a cost-intensive key component in the system, are expected to drive the industry toward large-scale adoption through cost reductions and hardware upgrades. Meanwhile, near-eye display devices, including AR and VR glasses, have pushed the boundaries of their application scope, prompting end-market players t...

ams OSRAM delivers Q2 at guidance high end and readies microLED arrays for next-generation AR smart glasses Key Performance Update Q2/26 Revenues EUR 805 m, 16.9 % adjusted EBITDA margin, at the high end of the guidance; 14.2 % (non-adjusted) EBITDA margin +13 % year-on-year like-for-like growth of the semiconductor core portfolio at constant FX Design-wins of more than EUR 1.6 bn in semis (H1/26: approx. EUR 2.5 bn) EUR 1 bn of new senior notes at 7.25 % placed, saving annual interest cost of approx. EUR 40 m Digital P...

Rokid, a global pioneer in AI-powered smart eyewear and human-computer interaction, today launched the Rokid Glasses smart glasses in Toronto, marking the company's official entry into the North American market. Designed for everyday wear, Rokid Glasses support prescription lenses. In Canada, Rokid’s prescription lenses may qualify for reimbursement through insurance depending on individual coverage plans. To ensure the availability of high-quality lenses, Rokid has partnered with Markham-based optical supplier Ming's Optical to offer a wide range of presc...

Powering the New Galaxy Lineup Across Smartphones, Watches, and Intelligent Eyewear At Samsung Unpacked, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced that its Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform for Galaxy, Snapdragon Wear™ Elite Platform and Snapdragon® AR1 Gen 1 will power Samsung's newest devices – including the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8, Samsung Galaxy Watch9, Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and the new Intelligent Eyewear. A Connected Galaxy Ecosystem Po...

Metasurfaces—ultrathin optical structures that manipulate light—have been proposed as compact alternatives to conventional lenses, mirrors, and filters. Researchers have shown that they can shape, steer, and transform light in ways that would otherwise require much larger optical systems. Yet a major challenge has limited their wider adoption: once a metasurface is fabricated, its functionality is largely fixed. Changing its optical properties often requires designing and manufacturing an entirely new device. Researchers recently demonstrated a different approach: a pr...

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today introduced its intelligent eyewear at Galaxy Unpacked in London. Building on the announcements at the latest Google I/O, the new designs were developed with global eyewear brands, Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The intelligent eyewear shows how the Galaxy ecosystem can move beyond the mobile phone and into eyewear that supports daily routines, work, travel, and hands-free moments. What’s New: Designed for everyday use, the eyewear pairs a lightweight frame and slim profile with the durability and comfort needed for daily wea...

XTI Aerospace, Inc., an aerospace and advanced technology platform and parent company of Drone Nerds, LLC, ("Drone Nerds"), a leading drone solutions platform serving commercial, enterprise and government customers, today announced the addition of the XREAL xbx a01+, a lightweight pair of augmented reality ("AR") screen-casting glasses, to Drone Nerds' product lineup. The xbx a01+ is the latest addition to Drone Nerds' XREAL product offering, providing customers with a lightweight AR glasses model designed for portable screen ca...

On June 30, South Korea’s apparel maker WONPUNG announced that it had signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Silicon Valley-based Sundiode to collaborate on next-generation hybrid bonding technologies for Micro LED displays. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Sundiode has developed a 3D vertically stacked Micro LED architecture that stacks RGB sub-pixels vertically, eliminating the individual pixel transfer process required by conventional lateral layouts. The approach enables ultra-high-resolution full-color displays within an ex...

Purchase Galaxy XR and, for a limited time, receive a Google Explorer Pack worth over £655 Samsung Electronics today releases Samsung Galaxy XR in the UK, making the country’s first Android XR device available to consumers. Built on the Android XR platform, developed by Google and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc, Galaxy XR introduces a new category of spatial computing experiences, combining immersive applications across productivity, entertainment and communication with intuitive voice, gesture and vision-based controls that blend digital content with t...

We’ve got some big news. For the first time, GOLF+ and The R&A are bringing an official VR Open experience to the GOLF+ TOUR. That means Royal Birkdale is live in GOLF+, and next week, players from around the world will tee it up in the VR Open alongside one of the biggest weeks in golf. And yes, we’ve got a pretty incredible prize lined up as well. <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="stric...

Magic Leap, the pioneer in augmented reality (AR) optics, has announced a strategic pivot to accelerate the development of AI display glasses. The company is shifting from building first-party devices to becoming the essential AR ecosystems partner, waveguide supplier, and device integration expert for the technology industry. Magic Leap is uniquely positioned to address the market's need for high-performance waveguides. The company’s cost-efficient manufacturing process is built for growth, while its decade-plus of deep AR expertise saves partners years of resea...

One of the sport’s most storied grounds — became something it had never been before: a digital arena. The inaugural Virtual Taekwondo (VTKD) Rome Open transformed Italy’s most prestigious sports complex into a stage for the next chapter of the sport, and the athletes who stepped onto it made history. Held alongside the World Taekwondo Grand Prix, the Rome Open brought together 19 athletes from five countries for a single-elimination tournament that drew support from every corner of the bracket, each country with their own contingent willing them forwa...

XREAL, the global leader in lightweight XR hardware development, today announced the availability of a01+, the debut product from its new sub-brand, X By XREAL. This device was created to bring big-screen AR entertainment to a wider, more mainstream audience. The X By XREAL a01+ is a purpose-built, mainstream entertainment device designed to work with the phones, laptops, and handheld consoles people already own – all without sacrificing the picture quality XREAL is known for. At just 62 grams, the glasses use dual-layer Micro-OLED displays capa...

OrthoArizona, the largest physician-led orthopedic group in the Southwest, announced that Dr. Shelden Martin has performed the first augmented reality (AR) assisted shoulder replacement surgery in Arizona. This procedure marks a significant step forward in the integration of next generation technology in shoulder surgery, bringing a new level of precision to the procedure. Dr. Shelden Martin utilized the ARVIS® Augmented Reality System by Enovis which provided real-time visual guidance directly onto the patient's anatomy. Dr. Shelden Martin of Orth...