OMNIVISION’s liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) panels allow DigiLens to build LCOS/LED projectors that are optimized for its holographic waveguides. LCOS enables best-in-class projection technology for a variety of display applications, and OMNIVISION’s LCOS panels are an ideal fit for DigiLens’ first-of-its-kind, 30-degree landscape field-of-view, LCOS-LED, HD display light engine, called EnLiten30. This provides more than 2,500 nits/lumen of brightness to the wearer’s eye while at a healthy 28mm eye relief and at a transparency of 85% see through.
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On the smartglasses side, OMNIVISION’s core camera technology allows Digilens’ devices to have visual odometry, six degrees of freedom (6DoF), and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Designed to cost-effectively enable a wide range of consumer and industrial machine vision applications — such as AR/VR headsets and accessories, industrial automation, robotics, agricultural drones, and 3D modeling — OMNIVISION’s Global Shutter fisheye camera components are used in DigiLens’ smartglasses for spatial positioning.
DigiLens has a wealth of IP, and is a pioneer in holographic waveguide displays. Omnivision has inroads into the auto market, which I think is a great market for AR products because the more cockpit screens we get, the more they are placed somewhere where they are hard to see when you are driving.
A waveguide display is a type of display technology that uses a waveguide, a thin film or layer that guides light, to create an image. It works by directing light from a light source, such as an LED, into the waveguide, which is designed to reflect the light in a particular pattern. This pattern is then projected onto a screen or other surface, creating an image. Waveguide displays are used in a variety of applications, including smartphones, televisions, and virtual reality headsets. They are known for their thin, lightweight design and high-quality image resolution. DigiLens has this technology down pat which is why it has a lot of heavyweight display industry backers.
