Iristick’s Smart Glasses Support Remote
Industrial Workers Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading developer and
provider of transmissive and reflective active matrix liquid
crystal and organic light emitting diode (OLED) microdisplays and
display subassemblies for military, enterprise, industrial,
consumer and medical products, today announced that its White
Pearl® Optical Module and A230 Driver IC are delivering vital
hands-free AR imagery to frontline remote workers who wear Iristick
smart glasses.
Iristick, based in Belgium, is focused on designing,
manufacturing and supporting smart safety glasses for industrial
professionals to work faster, reduce errors and increase
productivity. Iristick delivers high-quality, hands-free
smart-glasses solutions for remote assistance, step-by-step
workflow guidance and pick-by-vision applications. Field
technicians utilizing Iristick’s smart glasses are connected with
remote experts, zooming in on the smallest details and
communicating in real-time to get the job done. This is proving to
be extremely useful as travel restrictions due to COVID-19 limit
the experts’ ability to fix issues on-site. Kopin’s White Pearl
Optical Module, comprising a WQVGA LCD microdisplay and optics in a
compact package, is mounted on the front of the smart glasses
frame, and is adjustable for comfortable viewing.
“Many of our industrial and medical customers are keeping their
business running during the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions
by enabling their local teams to collaborate with remote experts
with our Z1 smart glasses,” says Johan De Geyter, CEO of Iristick.
“Kopin’s sunlight-readable White Pearl optical module is a crucial
element of our smart glasses because it allows the remote expert to
access critical information and talk the user through the steps
necessary to solve whatever problem they are focused on. The
quality of Kopin’s LCD’s and ASICs has consistently been excellent.
We have been very pleased with how they perform within our smart
glasses. We rely on Kopin for this crucial element , since it is
the core of our solution and they always deliver.”
“The Iristick smart glasses have received a lot of positive
attention, especially during this pandemic when remote assistance
is helping businesses to not only operate but thrive,” said Greg
Truman, head of Kopin’s Industrial and Enterprise Displays. “It is
incredible to see the vast number of use cases that rely on our
Pearl optical modules. We offer our enterprise, industrial,
consumer and medical customers a full product line of Pearl optical
modules. Customers appreciate the range of different sizes and
resolutions of our products, which include WQVGA, nHD and WVGA
LCDs. Every application and product is different and we believe we
have suitable options for all types of enterprise wearables.”
Kopin offers a variety of industry leading microdisplay product
lines, including LCD, OLED and FLCoS displays. Kopin's White Pearl
optical module contains a transmissive WQVGA LVS (428x240
resolution) LCD, efficient backlight and curved prism optic. White
Pearl provides a bright, non-see-through, full-color image, and the
ergonomic features that enable comfortable viewing for extended
periods of time for the user, such as: a low distortion lens with a
wide field-of-view, a large eye-box and eye-relief distance. The
White Pearl and A230 display driver ASIC together consume less than
100 mW at a display brightness of 1000 nits, sufficient for outdoor
usage. A frame buffer memory residing in the ASIC offers further
system power savings.
Kopin and Pearl are registered trademarks of Kopin
Corporation.
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of
innovative display and optical technologies sold as critical
components and subassemblies for military, industrial and consumer
products. Kopin's technology portfolio includes ultra-small Active
Matrix Liquid Crystal displays (AMLCD), Liquid Crystal on Silicon
(LCOS) displays and Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays, a
variety of optics, and low-power ASICs. For more information,
please visit Kopin's website at www.kopin.com.
About Iristick
Founded in 2016, Iristick creates industrial smart glasses to
support enterprises and healthcare workers in their digital
transformation. Iristick empowers the deskless operators of the
Industry 4.0 future in three domains: remote assistance, digital
procedures and pick-by-vision logistics. Iristick smart glasses are
currently being used and tested by customers in maintenance,
after-sales support, logistics, shop floor activities, quality
control, tele-medicine and healthcare. Iristick, based in Antwerp,
Belgium and New York, USA supports customers globally. Winner of a
Red Dot Design Award 2018.
More info: www.iristick.com
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or Kopin Richard Sneider, 508-870-5959 Treasurer and Chief
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