Lumus and Schott aims to make lightweight AR glasses in prevailing products

If you look at Lumus Z-30 Optical Engine for augmented reality glasses, it seems very similar to an ordinary pair of glasses.

It is lightweight, however, it features an AR screen that depends on the structure of the dual -dimensional wave guide Z Lens with a small vision field of 30 degrees. This allows to fit smoothly with standard glasses, providing main functional and aesthetic benefits. It stems from the most powerful Z-50, but it serves the purpose of its composition within an ordinary pair of glasses. this Progress an example How technology progresses to something practical for the prevailing uses.

Israel -based LUMUS showed AR glasses, with Schott Glass, at the Spie Photonics West 2025 event in San Francisco last week. I put them on. The glasses were super light and the colors on the screen were vibrant. David Goldman, Vice President of Marketing at Lumus, said in an interview with Gamesbeat that he combines both brightness and energy efficiency.

I wrote about Lumus a few years ago in the era when AR had been imposed but did not rise to the level of his expectations. But technology has made some progress since then. Lumus was on the market for 14 years. the Maximus came out About five years ago.

“I saw Maximus before. At that time, this was small. But it was still very heavy. Then we went to Z-50. This is 50 degrees. You can see a decrease in engineering and weight.”

On the AR lenses, the box that contains AR can be transferred to different places on glasses. If you want to put a box that translates the language in the actual time on the lenses, it is likely to decrease the lenses. Goldman said that the manufacturer that does traditional artificial intelligence can put the box with AR images in the middle.

With Z-30, the important performance aspects of AR glasses are improved to improve the user experience. For example, glasses with a Z-30 integrated engine will require lower processing requirements and less powerful devices thanks to the presence of fewer pixels to serve, making them more affordable to produce them. In addition, devices with a medium-sized field operate more efficiently, creating a smoother visual experience and extending the battery life-which makes them more compatible for long-term use of consumers.

Z-30 lightweight, with a size of 14.5 grams, provides a full color, 720 x 720 pixels, and bruises> 3000 nits/watt. With a 50 % decrease in weight and size compared to the Z-50, it allows the creation of smaller forms of AR glasses, which was an important obstacle to entry.

The Z-30 optical engine combines the Lumus’ Z Lens, which provides good image quality and allows smaller designs. It also allows a flexible position of the eye box, low international ghost effects, and the ability to directly bonding RX lenses or protective plastic elements. The additional benefits of the zz lens engineering include the compatibility with the micro -display devices, allowing the most sized and more efficient design options.

More brighter than other solutions, Lumus is the perfectly appropriate wave guide for outdoor use. Goldman said that up to 10 times the efficiency of shine is better for competing wave guides and supply chain partners such as Quanta Computer Inc. And Schott, Lumus wants to be the main option for OEMS to make an en.

Lumus wavedergide technology provides unparalleled uniformity and a real white color due to the path of straight light to the front in its structure.

Other main advantages: a small small tight, a large vision field, and a distortion -free view of the real world. Goldman said that the battery efficiency reaches 10 times from any other wave guide in the market, and that the front light (front projection) is almost not mentioned by its nature.

Lumus manufacturing operations supported by major supply chain partners, including Quanta Computer Inc. And Schott, allows the ability to expand comprehensive manufacturing. The company is the pioneering designer of the engineering guide technology at the heart of many current AR products, including the full -colored Thales Scorpion screen, the Augmedics XVision for the Surgeons, and Lenovo Thinkreity A6 in 2019 as well as Medithinq Scopeeye and Metascope.

Lumus makes the visual engine of glasses, and you can expect consumer devices based on such a technology that appears within two years. The company has a technology with vision areas ranging from 30 degrees to 50 degrees and 70 degrees, which enables it to cover everything to focus on the appearance to focus on performance.

It uses a functional optical motor with the geometric or reflecting guide for the company, along with a small display. It has a carbon framework for consumer glasses. Goldman explained that it is easy to read the text against a white background when you look at the AR screen on glasses. The skin color appeared precisely in the pictures.

Goldman said: “Now we show the field of vision 30 degrees,” Goldman said. “Now we will have samples. We offer a 30 -degree solution because customers are asking for more in the short term. This is not 50 degrees, but it is still useful for some consumer applications. It gives more options when it comes to aesthetic.”

With this diversity of technologies, glasses makers can come to Lumus with various requests for custom designs. The company can also add prescriptions to its lenses, and connects a prescription to the glasses directly. The leakage of the wave guide is less than 1 %.

The weight of regular glasses ranges from 10 grams to 40 grams. Goldman said that 10 grams of AR glasses are not implemented now. But 40 grams may be implemented with more progress and focus on AR in only one eye. As for the addition of artificial intelligence, it will make glasses heavier, but they may work with a thinner wavelength in the future.

As one team with glass makers

The amount of the computer and Shot offers glass In huge production of wave guides.

Kullen Shmokar, director of business development in Shot, said in an interview that his company is looking at AR/VR products as a new way for its high -quality glass. The company specializes in making glass in half a diameter one millimeter, which allows a thin piece of glass. These are used in semiconductors for folding width. It uses it to make stereoscopic lens applications. It also makes the lenses of the wave guide for AR glasses.

In a newly built factory in Malaysia, Shot produces its lenses with the technique of reflective wave guide. It moves to the manufacture of high size and has a partnership with Lumus to make the Z Lens Framework of Reflective Wave Evidence.

“We provide the basic pillar that can receive grades, mainly the high refractive index, allowing a higher vision field,” said Shmokar. “It allows you to get a more interactive offer with more information. At the same time, if you look at the value proposal to the degrees of reflection in exchange for the reflection against the model, we are treating other technologies with high refractive index chips.”

To access the thin glasses with high -quality AR lenses, SchmuCker said it requires an excellent optical -level optical -level guide technique that does not detract reality. You get a high transparency and the right vision field along with the best size and weight. And you need better and better batteries to operate the projection system.

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