The LaSAR Alliance (Laser Scanning for Augmented Reality) has been formed to develop and accelerate Augmented Reality (AR) smart-glass products.

Founding members in the LaSAR Alliance include ST, Applied Materials, Dispelix, Mega1, and Osram, in addition to ST.

The Alliance is focused on meeting the technical challenges required for all-day wearable smart glasses.

The eyewear will balance a small, light-weight form factor and extremely low-power operation with good FoV (Field-of-View) and a large eyebox. The founding members coalesced around the recognition that near-to-eye displays based on ST-developed Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) solutions have demonstrated the potential to meet all these requirements.

The LaSAR Alliance brings together all the foundational elements — a MEMS micro-mirror platform and BCD expertise from ST, compact illumination sources from Osram, advanced waveguide elements from Applied Materials and Dispelix, and the overall integration of these devices into a small optical light engine from Mega1.

These elements can be assembled into AR-enabled smart glasses that are stylish, functional, comfortable and deliver critical application-specific information.

The Alliance’s mission is to facilitate the development, availability, and support of all key technology elements for rapid AR-enabled smart-glass application creation, adoption, and volume production