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Global Startup Heat Map: 5 Top Startups developing See-Through Displays
The 5 see-through displays you will explore below are chosen based on our data-driven startup scouting approach, taking into account factors such as location, founding year, and relevance of technology, among others. This analysis is based on the Big Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform, covering over 1.3 million startups & scaleups globally.
The Global Startup Heat Map below highlights the 5 see-through display startups & scaleups our Innovation Researchers curated for this report. Moreover, you get insights into regions that observe a high startup activity and the global geographic distribution of the 123 companies we analyzed for this specific topic.
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Lux Labs specializes in Transparent Projection Films
Transparent displays find use in many different applications from consumer electronics to automotive vehicles. A lot of modern-day businesses and retailers use digital media for their marketing and advertising. Media businesses benefit from using digital instead of print films, in terms of both the economic and ecological benefits. For example, startups create displays that make them highly reusable and the reduction of paint and paper further allows businesses to make the shift towards stronger corporate social responsibility (CSR).
The US-based startup Lux Labs specializes in creating transparent display films that allow light only from a specific angle to be visible. The startup’s display film ClearBright is designed using nanoparticles to create a transparent projection surface that displays a bright and clear image. Moreover, the adhesive film is suitable for placement on new and existing windows to create a visually-appealing and aesthetic environment.
Sightecho develops Transparent Sign Boards
Information signs are found everywhere in our streets, for example, road signs and safety and hazard signs in buildings among others. Signboards also benefit from the advancement of technologies such as the internet of things (IoT) and displays, where simple signboards are now capable of showcasing more information and with greater clarity.
Sightecho is a Chinese startup that develops transparent signboards that work in parallel with a compact wireless door sensor, as well as vacancy indicators, for occupancy monitoring. The startup’s signboards find applications in changing cubicles, washrooms, and gyms, where the occupancy information is necessary.
YesAR Tech creates Holographic Dashboards
The automotive industry is exploring transparent display technologies that incorporate augmented reality (AR) and smart glasses to display information within the normal line of human sight. mainly to reduce the risk of distractions while driving. While current solutions involve the use of touchscreens and more easily accessible buttons and toggles, startups are developing novel transparent display solutions. Startups develop solutions that provide all the required information to a driver without distracting them from the road.
Chinese startup YesAR Tech builds transparent displays for the automotive industry with their smart AR heads-up displays (AR-HUD). The startup’s AR-HUD technology utilizes optical imaging, navigation, and other on-board vehicle instrumentation, to analyze up to 30m ahead of the vehicle and display the information on a vehicle’s windshield.
Displex manufactures Waveguide Displays for AR
The use and development of AR glasses are already prevalent in highly-specialized defense applications, However, these developments are not yet available to the general public. Recent developments in the miniaturization of technology and improvements in manufacturing techniques together result in the broader adoption and integration of AR technologies in both enterprise and consumer markets. For example, startups are working on optical head-mounted and volumetric displays.
Finish startup Displex is a manufacturer of waveguide displays for AR applications. Displex’s fabless manufacturing process enables them to mass manufacture display modules for AR and mixed reality (MR) eyewear and headsets. The single-layer diffractive waveguide displays utilize self-developed algorithms and parallel computing, as well as high-yield manufacturing designs. This allows AR device manufacturers to develop products that have sharp & bright images with versatile field of view (FOV) options.
Mirraviz develops MultipleView Displays
Regular displays provide remarkably high-quality images with many advanced features such as pixel density, flexible displays, and low input latency, that are suitable for consumer markets. However, existing solutions for multiple content displays, such as Picture-in-Picture (PIP), are not efficient enough as space is divided between the images. To address this challenge, startups bring in new see-through displays that offer higher efficiency, flexibility, and better quality viewing.
The US-based startup Mirraviz develops semi-transparent displays that show multiple pieces of content across the entire screen, depending on the angle of the viewer. The low-cost and easy-to-install displays show several content pieces without requiring any specialized eyewear. Further, the rollable nature of the display makes it suitable for non-flat surfaces such as pillars. This removes the limitations facing traditional solutions for media-based marketing and advertising.
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