Avegant

Avegant is a technology company specializing in developing advanced display solutions for augmented reality (AR). The company's primary focus is on creating innovative light engines and display technologies that enable compact, efficient, and high-performance AR experiences. Avegant's flagship product, the AG-30L2, is described as the smallest 30° LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) light engine in the market, designed to facilitate the development of glasses-like AR devices with true form factors.

In January 2024, Avegant introduced its breakthrough Spotlight display technology, which is the world's first adaptive LED illumination architecture for LCoS. This technology dynamically illuminates regions of an LCoS microdisplay, resulting in up to 90% illumination power savings and a 10x improvement in local contrast compared to conventional LCoS displays. Spotlight retains the advantages of small, mature light engines while delivering efficient, full-color, high-resolution, and polarized output.

Avegant's technology portfolio also includes light field display solutions, which aim to make head-mounted displays function more like human eyes. These displays create a 3D representation of images by stacking multiple focal planes, allowing for more natural focus and depth perception in AR experiences.

The company collaborates with industry leaders such as Applied Materials, Inc. and Lumileds to advance AR technologies. Avegant's solutions are designed to address key challenges in the AR industry, including power efficiency, contrast, and form factor, which are crucial for the development of consumer-ready AR smart glasses.

Key customers and partnerships

Avegant has established strategic partnerships with several prominent technology companies. In February 2024, Avegant announced a collaboration with Qualcomm and Applied Materials to deliver an AI Smart Glass Design powered by Snapdragon AR1. This partnership aims to bring together industry-leading AR technology providers to unlock a new wave of AR glass innovation. The collaboration integrates Avegant's AG-30L2 light engine with Applied Materials' high-efficiency waveguides and Qualcomm's Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 Platform.

Additionally, Avegant works closely with Lumileds, leveraging their LED architecture to support the power-saving capabilities of the Spotlight display technology. The company also collaborates with Applied Materials on system-level co-optimization, combining Avegant's display advancements with Applied Materials' waveguide solutions to enhance consumer AR experiences.