US-based Google is a multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, AI, online advertising, cloud computing, and consumer electronics.
Google is developing microLED technologies, mainly for AR applications. In 2022, Google acquired Raxium, a US-based microLED microdisplay developer.
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Google acquires microLED microdisplay developer Raxium
According to reports, Google acquired Raxium, a US-based microLED microdisplay developer. The financial terms of this acquisition were not disclosed.
There's not much known about Raxium, beyond that it has developed a monolithic approach to develop microLED microdisplays, with a pixel pitch of 3.5 um.
A Google patent reveals a Micro-LED based AR device
Google was granted a new patent that describes a micro-LED based AR glasses device. This is a patent from March 2016 that was now granted.
According to the patent description, the Micro-LED active area is aligned to an array of collimating reflectors that reflect a display image back towards a user's eyes. The patent also describes a similar VR device (in which the displays are not see-through).