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Published: Tue, 10/19/21
The MicroLED-Info newsletter (October 19, 2021)
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Mojo Vision chosen to participate in Walt Disney's 2021 accelerator
AR developer Mojo Vision was chosen by The Walt Disney Company to participate in the 2021 Disney Accelerator. Mojo Vision is among the eight companies that will receive a three-month mentorship program that will connect them with the creativity, imagination and expertise of Disney.
Mojo Vision's AR platform is based on microLED microdisplay technology, produced on contact lenses. In 2019, Mojo announced that it has developed a 14k sub-pixel PPI Micro-LED microdisplay
Youngwoo DSP to lead a Korean effort to develop microLED display technologies
Korea-based test equipment maker Youngwoo DSP announced that it was chosen to lead a new Government-funded project to develop ultra-small microLED package technology (likely this refers to a LED transfer and assembly technologies).
The four-year project (which will end by December 31, 2024) will be awarded with a budget of 25.36 billion Won ($21.4 million USD). The project's goal is to enable the production of 360 PPI displays. The core technology will be around the alignment precision, it seems
TCL announced smart glasses with a color microLED display
TCL announced a new AR smartglasses product, which it calls the Thunderbird Smart Glasses Pioneer Edition. TCL did not reveal much, but it says the color display is based on microLED technology, with a pixel pitch of 4 um. TCL did not release any estimated shipping dates or a price for this new product, which is likely still at an early stage.
The video above is not clear, but it seems as if this solution uses three monochrome microdisplays, combined to show a single full-color image (the video shows one panel, but it later shows three monochrome images combined into one full-color display). This kind of solution was suggested by Vuzix, based on JBD's 0.13" VGA monochrome microdisplays. Which incidentally offer a pixel pitch of 4um, which leads us to speculate that TCL is also basing its Thunderbird glasses on JBD's displays.
