Lumus Augmented Reality SDK
A post on Nanalyze this week reveals facts about Lumus, their partners in the AR Ecosystem. There is an emphasis on the rapidly growing AR headset market and Lumus’ possible place within that market.
- The DK-50 is their standalone kit available to developers
- Israeli startup Lumus was founded in 2000 and has recently raised$56 million in funding to develop their “wearable displays”, smart glasses.
- The actual technology is called “Light-guide Optical Element technology” and it’s a small engine which projects the digital image onto the glass in front of your eyes.
- Lumus supplies heads-up displays for f-16 fighter jet helmets. They have already sold 10,000 of their product. Their actual product is the hardware engine that powers the glasses. The biggest customer to date is the U.S. military.
- In their latest funding round, the two lead investors were Quanta and HTC.
- Lumus paired with Infinity and AREA member DAQRI in developing their headsets.
- Lumus has also partnered up with French companies Thales Group, a company that builds electronic devices for aerospace defence and transportation, and Essilor Group, a world leader in visual health with over 60,000 employees.