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Vitrealab, Brilliance Collaborate to Advance AR Tech
Vitrealab GmbH, a photonics integrated circuit developer for laser–LCoS-based AR light engines, and Brilliance B.V., a laser chip manufacturing company, partnered to explore emerging approaches in laser illumination for augmented reality (AR). The collaboration seeks to create compact, efficient, and high-performance display systems for AR smart glasses and related applications.
The collaboration will integrate Brilliance's proprietary RGB laser chip Neptune into Vitrealab's Quantum Light Chip. Brilliance’s laser diode technology efficiently injects coherent light into miniature optical systems while maintaining stability and polarization. Vitrealab’s PIC technology then guides the laser light with minimal losses, distributing it into arrays of beams with high uniform intensity, precise divergence angles, and elevated beam quality. By combining these technologies, polarization can be preserved throughout the system, resulting in efficient LCoS modulation, while also achieving superior brightness and optical uniformity across the display field.
Vitrealab and Brilliance have entered a collaboration to integrate their respective solutions to advance augmented reality technology. Courtesy of Vitrealab.
The technology combination addresses a key bottleneck in AR optics: the ability to achieve wide fields of view, high brightness and lower consumption in a form factor small enough to integrate into a lightweight smart glasses. According to the companies, the approach is inherently scalable, as both laser diodes and photonic integrated circuits can be manufactured in volume, making the approach a strong candidate for future consumer-grade AR products.
The partnership will include joint research and development, prototype demonstrations, and coordinated commercialization efforts. While the primary focus is on AR smart glasses, the technology has further relevance in applications like automotive heads-up displays, portable projection, and other compact optical applications.
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Published: September 2025
Glossary
- augmented reality
- Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that integrates digital information, typically in the form of computer-generated graphics, images, or data, with the real-world environment in real-time. AR enhances the user's perception of the physical world by overlaying or combining digital content onto the user's view of the real world, often through devices like smartphones, tablets, smart glasses, or specialized AR headsets.
Key features and principles of augmented reality:
Real-time...
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