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Full-Color AR Glasses Reach an Inflection Point! JBD Teams Up with Applied Materials and RayNeo to Break Through AR Display Quality Bottlenecks
JBD recently announced that their collaboration with RayNeo and Applied Materials, Inc. has achieved a substantial breakthrough in the display quality of full-color waveguide AR glasses. The results are first commercialized in the RayNeo X3 Pro, markedly elevating the visual performance of consumer-grade waveguide AR glasses.
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[{"type":"text","content":"SHANGHAI, Sept. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- JBD recently announced that their collaboration with RayNeo and Applied Materials, Inc. has achieved a substantial breakthrough in the display quality of full-color waveguide AR glasses. The results are first commercialized in the RayNeo X3 Pro, markedly elevating the visual performance of consumer-grade waveguide AR glasses.","length":373,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"For years, full-color waveguide AR glasses have faced persistent technical bottlenecks—color inaccuracies, luminance non-uniformity, and low image quality—that have severely constrained end-user experience and the development of the consumer market. This three-party collaboration integrates each company's strengths across MicroLED microdisplays, image-quality correction, waveguide fabrication, device design, and system integration, delivering a comprehensive upgrade in display quality for full-color waveguide AR glasses.","length":530,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Technical Synergy to Overcome Waveguide AR Display Bottlenecks","length":62,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Optics and display architecture are the core determinants of AR visual experience. From early LCoS/DLP + nanoimprint lithography (NIL) multilayer diffractive waveguides, to MicroLED + NIL multilayer diffractive waveguides, and now to MicroLED + etched single-layer diffractive waveguides + system-level image-quality correction, full-color waveguide AR glasses have undergone three generations of technological innovation—achieving concurrent breakthroughs in lightweight design and high image quality.","length":502,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"In the initial stage, full-color waveguide AR glasses commonly paired LCoS or DLP light engines with multilayer NIL diffractive waveguides. As passive-display solutions, LCoS and DLP are constrained by their backlight-based architecture: volumes typically exceeded 1 cm³, making lightweight devices difficult, while elevated background stray light reduced contrast and compromised overall image quality. During this phase, full-color waveguides relied on NIL processes and multilayer structures; however, tight tolerance control of grating features is challenging, introducing stray light during image propagation and resulting in luminance non-uniformity, reduced contrast and re...