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Meta’s Reality Labs claims a major advancement in solving a core challenge of augmented reality: developing a bright, high-resolution display compact enough for everyday eyewear. Their new prototype, detailed in Nature, is a flat-panel laser display only two millimeters thick.
The system achieves this by integrating a photonic circuit (PIC) with a miniature liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) panel, creating a 1080p display with a color gamut more than double that of conventional devices. Crucially, the chips are fabricated using standard CMOS processes, indicating a viable path to mass production and scalability.
This addresses the critical need for brightness in outdoor AR applications. However, the technology must still evolve to compete with emerging alternatives like micro-LEDs on pixel density. For Meta, this breakthrough is a key milestone in its long-term investment in consumer AR hardware.
