This article evaluates some of the strengths and weaknesses of reflective and diffractive waveguides used in augmented reality (AR) optics for smart glasses. Waveguides are the optics used in smart ...

A new technical paper titled “Advances in waveguide to waveguide couplers for 3D integrated photonic packaging” was published by researchers at MIT and Bridgewater State University. “In this paper, we ...

Lumus' ZOE prototype pushes past a 70-degree field of view and feels like a wraparound display. The updated Z-30 prioritizes everyday readability. Z-30 2.0 targets thinner, lighter waveguides to ...

Lumus, the company that developed the waveguide optic used in Meta’s Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, says it has achieved a 70° field-of-view in a new design revealed this week at CES 2026. This ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

It would be slightly ridiculous to reinvent your entire home every time a new interiors trend rolled around, but taking a closer look at what’s poised to define 2026 certainly has its merits. It can ...

Researchers have designed and demonstrated stretchable waveguides that maintain efficient, stable signal transmission of surface plasmon polaritons even when bent, twisted or stretched. These ...

SCHOTT—a global leader in advanced optics and specialty glass—working with waveguide partner Lumus, is almost certainly the manufacturer of the waveguide optics in Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses.

Abstract: This article presents an Ultrawideband, low-profile, full-metal waveguide antenna array based on quasi-TEM mode radiators, an Ultrawideband rectangular coaxial-to-ridge waveguide transition, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already captured some incredible images of our universe, with some game-changing insights to boot. But researchers at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic ...