Lumus Manufacturing Partnerships LUMUS Ltd. 2023-03-30 | For the past several years Lumus has been building up our supply chain with Quanta Computer in Taiwan and SCHOTT in Germany/Malaysia.Lumus established a world-class supply chain with mass manufacturing Partners to bring our waveguides to the market. As a global leader in consumer electronics, and scaling technologies, Quanta computer has been a close and trusted partner of Lumus since 2017.Another key manufacturing partner for Lumus is Schott. As a strategic partner, SCHOTT is manufacturing Lumus’ products. The company’s integrated setup covers all relevant process steps from material science, melting, substrate processing, and coatings. It has also built an assembly line dedicated to waveguides at its Malaysian plant.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumusvision.com
Lumus MicroLED – Behind the Lens Capture of Lumus 70° FOV + MicroLED (Ch. 11) LUMUS Ltd. 2025-07-13 | This video provides a real-time, behind-the-lens view of Lumus’ augmented reality display, showcasing a 70-degree field of view powered by MicroLED projection. It demonstrates the visual clarity, brightness, and color performance of Lumus’ reflective waveguide optics, giving viewers a clear idea of what the AR experience looks like directly through the display. For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
MicroLED – Challenges with Reducing MicroLED Panel Sizes (Ch. 10) LUMUS Ltd. 2025-07-09 | This video discusses the technical challenges faced by MicroLED companies in reducing the size of panels for augmented reality (AR) applications. It highlights issues such as pixel size reduction, yield loss, optical efficiency, and the difficulties of scaling MicroLED technology while maintaining brightness. Lumus solves this by having much better efficiency due to the aperture size.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Lumus MicroLED – MicroLED Color Architecture Ch 9 LUMUS Ltd. 2025-07-06 | Lumus MicroLED – MicroLED Color Architecture (Ch. 9) This video, Chapter 9 of a Lumus presentation, explains the color architecture used in Lumus' MicroLED-based augmented reality (AR) displays. It compares various methods of achieving full color in MicroLED systems.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Lumus MicroLED – Bottlenecks Etendue Limited vs F# Limited Ch 8 LUMUS Ltd. 2025-07-03 | Lumus MicroLED – Bottlenecks: Etendue Limited vs. F# Limited (Ch. 8)This chapter discusses the key bottlenecks in coupling light from a MicroLED source into an optical waveguide in augmented reality (AR) systems, focusing on the trade-off between etendue-limited and F# (f-number)-limited optical designs. The video addresses the key advantages with geometric waveguides over diffractive waveguides for these trade-offs.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Lumus MicroLED – Etendue LCoS vs MicroLED Ch 7 LUMUS Ltd. 2025-07-01 | Lumus MicroLED – Etendue: LCoS vs. MicroLED (Ch. 7) This video compares LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) and MicroLED technologies in the context of etendue—a critical optical parameter affecting how efficiently light from a source can be transmitted through an optical system. While MicroLED has advantages like self-emission and brightness, its higher etendue presents challenges for coupling light into optical waveguides—especially in AR displays. For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Lumus MicroLED – Waveguide Coupling LCoS and MicroLED Ch 6 LUMUS Ltd. 2025-06-29 | This video segment explores two optical engine technologies used for waveguide-based augmented reality (AR) displays: LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) and MicroLED.The video highlights the advantages of MicroLED technology in terms of size, brightness, and efficiency for next-generation AR glasses. For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Lumus MicroLED – Waveguide Coupling: Geometric vs. Diffractive (Ch. 5) LUMUS Ltd. 2025-06-23 | This technical presentation compares two optical coupling methods—geometric coupling and diffractive coupling—used in augmented reality (AR) displays, particularly waveguides fed by MicroLED projectors. The video is part of a Lumus series on waveguide optics and focuses on how each method transfers light from the projector into the waveguide. It emphasizes the advantages of geometric coupling in terms of brightness, efficiency, and image quality over diffractive coupling, which suffers from diffraction losses and angular constraints. For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Lumus MicroLED – How we make geometric waveguides Ch 4 LUMUS Ltd. 2025-06-17 | Chapter 4: "Lumus MicroLED – How we make geometric waveguidesThis chapter focuses on the manufacturing process of geometric waveguides used in Lumus AR displays. It details how precision optical elements—specifically, reflective mirrors—are embedded into ultra-thin glass substrates using advanced fabrication techniques. The result is a transparent, lightweight optical structure capable of directing light with high efficiency and clarity. This manufacturing capability enables the production of compact, high-quality waveguides at scale for use in augmented reality applications. For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Lumus MicroLED – How geometric waveguides work Ch 3 LUMUS Ltd. 2025-06-12 | In Chapter 3 of Lumus' MicroLED series, the video explains how geometric waveguides are used to guide and expand light within AR (augmented reality) displays. Using a waveguide structure—composed of multiple internal reflectors —the video shows how light is injected at one end and "steered" through controlled internal reflections.The animations show how the image from the MicroLED projector enters the waveguide, bounces through a series of microstructures and is ultimately extracted toward the eye, creating a floating virtual image.The key innovation highlighted is how geometric control allows Lumus to maintain image fidelity, brightness, and color accuracy while keeping the optics thin and lightweight—ideal for wearable devices.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Lumus MicroLED – What is a waveguide? Two approaches (Ch. 2) LUMUS Ltd. 2025-06-05 | Lumus MicroLED – What is a waveguide? Two approaches (Ch. 2) This short explainer by Lumus introduces viewers to the fundamentals of optical waveguides and compares two main approaches used in near-eye displays, such as AR glasses.Lumus presents their solution: a geometric, reflective waveguide using partially reflective mirrors, embedded within the glass layers.Light is guided and extracted without relying on diffraction or holography, which results in brighter, more color-accurate images.The video contrasts the efficiency and clarity of this method compared to traditional diffractive solutions.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Lumus MicroLED – Geometric (Reflective) Waveguides and MicroLEDs (Ch. 1) LUMUS Ltd. 2025-06-04 | This ~32-second video serves as an introductory overview of Lumus’s MicroLED display technology, focusing on its use of geometric (reflective) waveguides. It features presentation-style visuals including:Technical diagrams of waveguide optics.Schematics that explain how MicroLEDs interact with geometric reflective surfaces.This chapter is the first chapter in a multi-part video series.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
2022 AWE Part 5 of 7 LCOS, DLP, LBS, and Waveguide Vision Correction LUMUS Ltd. 2025-05-25 | Karl Guttag, a respected expert in display technologies, has extensively analyzed various AR display systems, including LCOS, laser-based scanning, and waveguide technologies, with particular attention to Lumus' 2D expansion waveguides.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Optical efficiency of geometric (reflective) waveguides for MicroLEDs LUMUS Ltd. 2025-05-25 | Our CTO, Dr. Yochay Danziger, recently presented at MicroLED Connect in March, making a compelling, well-received case for why reflective (geometric) waveguides-the core of Lumus technology-are dramatically more efficient and much brighter than any diffractive waveguide on the market when paired with MicroLED-based projectors.Dr. Danziger explained how our proprietary architecture, featuring dual sets of transflexive mirrors, enables two-dimensional image expansion and delivers industry-leading luminance efficiency, color fidelity, and true outdoor visibility-especially when paired with MicroLED-based micro-projectors.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
Lumus is pioneering advanced transparent display technology for consumer augmented reality glasses. LUMUS Ltd. 2024-11-20 | Lumus is pioneering advanced transparent display technology for consumer augmented reality (AR) glasses. Our innovative reflective waveguides feature a unique design that sets them apart in both structure and performance. The 2D waveguides employ dual sets of transflexive mirrors, enabling two-dimensional image expansion within the waveguide itself. This geometric approach to waveguide design offers superior color fidelity compared to alternative solutions, delivering a more lifelike visual experience. Furthermore, Lumus waveguides consistently demonstrate higher luminance efficiency than competing technologies, ensuring brighter and more vivid displays.Key features of Lumus waveguides:-- Cutting-edge transparent display for AR glasses-- Proprietary reflective (geometric) waveguide architecture-- Two-dimensional image expansion using transflexive mirrors-- Enhanced color accuracy and preservation-- Industry-leading luminance efficiencyBy combining these technological advancements, Lumus is poised to revolutionize the AR glasses market, offering consumers a more immersive and visually stunning augmented reality experience.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumusvision.com
Lumus Expands Our Pilot Line LUMUS Ltd. 2024-09-26 | Lumus is thrilled to announce a significant expansion of our innovation capabilities! We've added an impressive 500 square meters (5,382 square feet) to our facility, dedicated to advancing our materials research and development. This new space will house cutting-edge equipment and machinery, enhancing our ability to push the boundaries of transparent display technology.This expansion marks a pivotal moment for Lumus, as it will dramatically accelerate our R&D processes. By integrating our materials labs and introducing state-of-the-art tools, we're poised to make unprecedented strides in perfecting transparent displays. Our enhanced prototyping capabilities will complement our existing production facilities, creating a seamless pipeline from concept to market-ready products.As we continue to collaborate with industry leaders worldwide, this investment underscores our commitment to remaining at the forefront of display innovation. At Lumus, we're not just growing our physical space – we're expanding the possibilities of what transparent displays can achieve. The future of visual technology is taking shape right here, and it's clearer and more exciting than ever!#ARGlasses #AugmentedReality #geometricwaveguides #ReflectiveWaveguides #TransparentDisplays
Z-Lens Features and Benefits LUMUS Ltd. 2024-07-08 | Lumus is pleased to present the Z lens. Z lens features an astonishing 50% reduction in the volume and weight of the optical engine from the previous generation of 2D waveguides. Z lens enableslighter AR glasses without compromise on high resolution image quality outdoor. readability and seamless RX lens integration.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumusvision.com
Lumus Maximus Outdoor Capture of Airship @3:00 PM on a sunny day captured with iPhone12 Pro LUMUS Ltd. 2022-10-06 | ...
Joe Rogan and Mark Zuckerberg Discuss Waveguide Technology LUMUS Ltd. 2022-09-14 | The concepts of virtual reality and augmented reality are sort of on two different development paths, but they're obviously fundamentally interrelated.
Robert Scoble Visit: The future of augmented reality glasses with Lumus LUMUS Ltd. 2022-09-14 | Check out our recent interview with Robert Scoble at his home where he asked us some probing questions about the industry and the progress Lumus and others have made since our last meeting. Hear Robert's interesting take on what's coming as well as his first person account of trying Lumus reflective waveguides.
Lumus 2D Reflective Waveguides and Luxecxel 3D printed prescription lenses LUMUS Ltd. 2022-06-29 | Luxexcel, the technology leader for 3D printed prescription lenses and Lumus, the pioneering innovator of reflective waveguide displays for Augmented Reality (AR), have co-developed a demonstrator of an Augmented Reality prescription lens solution that enables OEMs to address users’ prescription requirements in their smart eyewear products and make the lens solution thin, durable, and to be worn like fashion eyewear lenses.The demonstrator features Lumus reflective waveguide which is widely acknowledged as having the AR industry’s leading luminance efficiency which is ideally suited for outdoor usage, embedded by Luxexcel into a 3D printed prescription lens. The complete solution features a high-quality, clear image produced by the waveguide and viewed through the prescription lens.
Lumus capture with Maximus 2D Expansion Waveguide and Luxexcel 3D printed prescriptions. LUMUS Ltd. 2022-06-06 | Lumus partnered with Luxexcel to show one promising path Lumus has to compbine Rx lenses with our reflective waveguides.This is a live shot of our Maximus with Luxexcel's 3D printed lenses.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumusvision.com
New Lumus Intro Video LUMUS Ltd. 2022-05-02 | Featuring our 2D Pupil Expansion Reflective (Geometric) Waveguide Technology and the path to mass manufacturing. Geometric waveguides have betwen 3X-10X more efficiency that diffractive waveguides. Lumus reflective geometric waveguides are mass manufacturable using well know machines and materials. The process is robot-friendly as well.The future is looking up. The future is clear. And the future is now!
Lumus/Luxexcel Collaborate on 2D Reflective Waveguides & 3D printed Prescriptions LUMUS Ltd. 2022-04-11 | Lumus and Luxexcel have co-developed a prototype of a 3D printed augmented reality-ready (AR) prescription lens.Aimed at tech firms operating in the smart eyewear space, the demonstrator product combines a reflective waveguide, projector, and a prescription lens in one package. The 3D printed lens is designed to be thin, durable, and indistinguishable from a standard eyewear lens, all while integrating AR functionality.Luxexcel’s latest demonstrator embeds a Lumus Maximus reflective waveguide into a 3D printed prescription lens. The waveguide is known for its excellent luminance efficiency and outdoor use capabilities, featuring a 50° field-of-view, a 2K x 2K resolution, an eyebox of 12x12mm, and a brightness of more than 4,000nit/WLED.According to the partners, the complete package maintains a high-quality, clear image produced by the waveguide, which is viewed through the prescription lens. The quality of the image is attributed to the fact that the waveguide remains completely flat during the 3D printing process, with additional features such as air gaps also possible on a lens-by-lens basis.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumusvision.com
Dr. Aviv Frommer discusses Lumus work with OLED and Micro LED LUMUS Ltd. 2022-03-01 | Lumus waveguides are agnostic with regard to which type of micro-display powers the micro projector. Dr. Aviv Frommer discusses MicroLED and and Micro OLED displays paired together with Lumus reflective (geometric) waveguides.For any question or inquiry, please contact us through our website: lumus.com
SCHOTT Presentation of Lumus 2D Reflective Waveguide Mass Manufacturability LUMUS Ltd. 2022-02-02 | Ruediger Sprengard, PhD. - Head of Augmented Reality at SCHOTT presents at SPIE AR/VR/MR their company's collaboration to co-develop mass manufacturing processes with Lumus for 2D Reflective Waveguides.
Aviv SPIE Intro to Lumus Maximus 2D Expansion waveguides LUMUS Ltd. 2021-06-29 | The model presented represents the Maximus product family of 2D waveguides that Lumus designs and commercializes with our manufacturing partners.More to come!#theFutureIsLookingUp, #AugmentedReality, #ARglasses, #smartglasses
Lumus Maximus LUMUS Ltd. 2020-07-01 | Lumus is really proud to announce our strategic partnership with SCHOTT, one of the world’s premier glass companies to manufacture several of our reflective waveguides featuring our LOE technology. This partnership will help Lumus to optimize our #waveguide processes and achieve further mass production ability with existing and new 2D waveguides including the #Maximus family of 2D architectures.#Lumus #glasslovers #SCHOTT #ARGlasses #AROptics #TheFutureisLookingUp
Key Advantages of Reflective Waveguides over other solutions for AR Displays LUMUS Ltd. 2019-04-03 | Lumus vs the competition: Key Advantages of Reflective Waveguides over all other solutions for AR Displays
Reflective Waveguide Displays for Mass Market AR LUMUS Ltd. 2019-03-13 | (Abridged Version) Ari Grobman, Lumus CEO presenting at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco - Feb 4th, 2019.
Ari Grobman Presenting Reflective Waveguide Displays for Mass Market AR at SPIE Photonics West LUMUS Ltd. 2019-02-19 | Reflective Waveguide Displays for Mass Market ARAri Grobman, Lumus CEO presenting at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco - Feb 4th, 2019.
Dave Goldman State of Smart glasses Today and How We Got Here from AWE Tel Aviv Main Stage LUMUS Ltd. 2018-12-18 | A talk from the Main Stage at AWE Tel Aviv 2018 - the World's #1 XR Conference & Expo in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 5, 2018. State of Smartglasses Today and How We Got HereWe will address the challenges for hardware and specifically how the optics piece (incidentally the only hardware specific for smartglasses) is evolving to help.
The Future of Fitness LUMUS Ltd. 2017-08-22 | Fitness is one of the most obvious and exciting applications of AR for consumers. Lumus optics provide the full transparency, wide field of view and brightness to allow for both indoor and outdoor fitness applications.
Wearable Glass Display - For viewing movies, driving LUMUS Ltd. 2016-07-06 | Wearable Glass Display - For viewing movies, driving #CES2014Learn more: http://lumus-optical.com
Get to know Lumus - Introduction LUMUS Ltd. 2016-07-06 | Who is Lumus? Watch the video and get to know us.http://lumus-optical.com
Lumus smart-glasses mostly get it right LUMUS Ltd. 2016-07-06 | http://cnet.co/19excLS - At CES 2014, we eyeball the best smart-glasses we've seen so far.http://lumus-optical.com
Lumuss Latest Wearable Computer at CES 2014 - Engadget LUMUS Ltd. 2016-07-06 | Lumus has long developed heads-up displays for the US military, but now it's using a developer kit called the DK-40 to bring its HUD tech to wearables out of the battlefield. The contraption's first stop was the CES show floor, so we couldn't resist putting our fingerprints all over it.http://lumus-optical.com
Lumus DK40 headset hands on LUMUS Ltd. 2016-07-06 | Lumus DK40 headset hands-on by Chris Davies for SlashGear at CES 2014http://lumus-optical.com
Not Google Glass... But Smart Glass LUMUS Ltd. 2016-07-06 | Not Google Glass... But Smart GlassJuly 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Elliott Gotkine looks at a technology that rivals Google Glass on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg)http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/b/1545e039-9e45-48ca-9a67-8f89542803a5http://lumus-optical.com
