Vuzix Enters into Agreements to Deliver Fully Integrated Color MicroLED Microdisplay for AR Glasses

Vuzix, a supplier of Smart Glasses, waveguides and Augmented Reality (AR) technology, announced it has signed a series of agreements with Atomistic SAS ("Atomistic"), a next generation micro light emitting diode ("μLED") display solutions enterprise based in France.

These agreements provide for an exclusive license of key μLED technology, the design of a custom backplane and, dependent upon achievement of various technical stages, the ability to acquire the enterprise.

Atomistic's technology is based on a novel materials science innovation with specific attributes that are key enablers to solve the main challenges for μLED devices for AR applications : emmitters for red, green and blue spectral wavelengths based on a single epitaxial structure transferred to a CMOS backplane; high brightness; and greater efficiency at small pixel pitches. The potential benefits of this new approach would result in one of the smallest form factors with the highest performance and lowest power solutions on the market, and could provide a cornerstone piece of technology focused on the AR markets that are expected to demand hundreds of millions of units annually.

Atomistic was established for the sole purpose of delivering next-generation μLEDs based on novel materials science innovations and system level integration on advanced node CMOS backplanes of its own design. Its principal founders, Jonathan Sachs, PhD and Jerry Woodall, PhD, are well known experts in the fields of materials science, the compound semiconductor heterojunction (along with other compound semiconductor devices), LEDs, lasers and micro-displays on silicon backplanes using various modulating techniques and have both successfully developed and patented significant and cornerstone advancements in the technology space.