s dr. yaakov amitai ceo ben weinberger key people shlomo kalish chairman of the board industry augmented reality consumer electronics slogan s see the big picture website www.lumus optical.com lumus is an israeli based augmented reality company headquartered in rechovot israel . 1 founded in 2000 by dr. yaakov amitai lumus has developed technology for see through wearable displays via its patented light guide optical element loe platform to market producers of smart glasses and augmented reality eyewear . lumus technology enables a small natural looking form factor wide field of view and true see through performance . 2 contents 1 history 2 technology 3 applications 4 products 4.1 optical engines 4.2 development kits 5 references history edit 2000 lumus was founded by dr. yaakov amitai to develop and market its light guide optical element loe technology for eyewear displays see through wearable displays . 2008 the company started selling the pd 18 a top down transparent monocular display with svga resolution 32 degree field of view fov and full color . the pd 18 and its derivative the pd 14 were aimed at professional and military markets . 2 2010 lumus technology received high level validation when the us air force selected gentex s scorpion helmet mounted cueing system which employs the lumus pd 14 with raytheon as the primary contractor for the hmit program for a 10 and f 16 aircraft . 3 this display and contract win marked the first time a full color hmd was selected for combat aviation . subsequently lumus display as part of thales visionix s formerly gentex helmet mounted cueing system has been selected for the chmds air soldier program . once the roll out was completed on this program lumus displays represented the majority of hmds deployed in the worldwide combat aviation market . 3 technology edit the loe is a patented 4 optical waveguide that makes use of multiple partial reflectors embedded in a single substrate to reflect a virtual image into the eye of the wearer . specifically the image is coupled into the loe by a pod micro display projector that sits at the edge of the waveguide in an eyeglass configuration this is embedded in the temple of the glasses . the image travels through total internal reflection to the multiple array of partial reflectors and are reflected to the eye . while each partial reflector shows only a portion of the image the optics are such that the wearer sees the combined array and perceives it as a single uniform image projected at infinity . the transparent display enables a virtual image to be seamlessly overlaid over the wearer s real world view . this is especially true when the source image comprises a black background with light color wording or symbology being displayed . black is essentially see through color while lighter colored objects symbols or characters appear to float in the wearer s line of sight . conversely full screen images like documents internet pages movies which are typically brighter colors can be displayed to look like a large virtual image floating a few meter s away from the wearer . applications edit navigation 5 mobile applications 6 gaming 7 military 5 products edit using lumus optical engines oe or development kits allows smart eyewear manufacturers to maintain their own industrial design and branding . optical engines edit product resolution thickness transparency brightness weight oe 31 8 720p 1280 x 720 pixels field of view 40 eye motion box 10 x 8 mm 78 % 1 000 ftl contrast ratio 250 1loe 27gr oe 32 9 pd 18 10 svga 800 x 600 pixels field of view 32 eye motion box 10 x 10 mm in active area 70 % . outside active area 92 % 1200 fl 70gr development kits edit dk 40 11 dk 45 12 dk 50 13 references edit company overview of lumus ltd. . bloomberg . a b glas kristijan jul 31 2007 . lumus future video eyeglasses . the future of things . a b spitzer cary sep 3 2014 . digital avionics handbook third ed . . crc press . p. 16 13 . isbn 9781439868980 . light guide optical device . google patents . a b feist jonathan . lumus military grade technology in android powered smart glasses . android authority . opgal and lumus present thermal camera capabilities combined with eyewear at spie . opgal.com . may 5 2014 . davies chris mar 21 2012 . lumus oe 31 wearable display hands on . slash gear . davies chris mar 21 2012 . lumus dk 40 takes on glass with true ar . slash gear . slash gear . cardinal david january 11 2016 . lumus and infinityar aim to do for augmented reality what oculus has done for vr . extremetech . allen gavin 13 january 2012 . email in your eye next generation video screen glasses could lay messages or gps over your field of vision . daily mail . lumus dk40 smartglasses are your personal hud hands on . cnet . january 7 2014 . davies chris january 7 2016 . these lumus displays could fix hololens big problem . slash gear . slash gear . lee nicole january 6 2016 . lumus wants its display optics in future smart glasses . engadget . 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