Leia (company)

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Leia Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Display technology
Founded2014
FounderDavid Fattal, Pierre-Emmanuel Evreux, Zhen Peng
Headquarters Menlo Park,
California
,
United States
Website www.leiainc.com

Leia Inc. is an American company producing 3D Lightfield[ clarification needed ] products and software applications.

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Leia is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with a nano-fabrication center in Palo Alto, a content team in Los Angeles and Auckland, New Zealand, and industrialization center in Suzhou, China.[ citation needed ]

History

The company was founded in 2014 as a spin-off of HP Labs. [1] Its research into the holographic display concept under HP was published by Nature in 2013. [2] CEO David Fattal explained the diffraction-based system was intended to address shortcomings certain limitations of other mobile three-dimensional display approaches including support for multiple simultaneous viewers, the ability to operate in a conventional two-dimensional mode without loss of resolution, and reduced reliance on computational eye-tracking. [3] The company foresaw uses of its technology in mobile devices, automobiles, and medical applications. [4] [5] [6]

In May 2016, Leia announced a partnership with Altice to market a smartphone featuring its technology. [7]

In 2017, Red Digital Cinema announced its intent to produce a high-end smartphone featuring the technology (the Red Hydrogen One). As part of its development, Red entered into a partnership with Leia, including funding, and Red's founder Jim Jannard joining Leia's board of directors. [8] [6]

In 2018, Leia launched its lightfield content platform LeiaLoft™ [9] including an Android App Store and a developer portal. [10]

The Red Hydrogen device, which used Leia’s switchable lightfield display, was released in the United States on 2 November 2018 through carriers including AT&T and Verizon, and was later offered in Mexico through Telcel. [11]

In July 2019, Leia and Continental announced a partnership to explore the integration of lightfield displays and related content into automotive applications. [12]

In 2020 Leia introduced the Lume Pad, an Android tablet equipped with a 10.8-inch switchable lightfield display marketed to education, medical, retail and hospitality customers.

Lume Pad received CES 2021 Awards (Computer Hardware & Components and Digital Imaging & Photography).

In 2021, Leia released a consumer edition of the Lume Pad; the device was also listed on Amazon’s Launchpad program.

References

  1. ↑ Walford, Lynn (2020-04-23). "An Accidental Discovery That May Make Cars Safer - Leia Inc.'s 3D Screen Technology". Auto Futures. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  2. ↑ Fattal, David; Peng, Zhen; Tran, Tho; Vo, Sonny; Fiorentino, Marco; Brug, Jim; Beausoleil, Raymond G. (March 2013). "A multi-directional backlight for a wide-angle, glasses-free three-dimensional display" . Nature. 495 (7441): 348–351. Bibcode:2013Natur.495..348F. doi:10.1038/nature11972. ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   23518562.
  3. ↑ "Interview: LEIA Inc founder on RED phone's radical display". SlashGear. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Leia aims to bring interactive Star Wars holographic displays to your phone". ExtremeTech. 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  5. ↑ Fattal, David; Peng, Zhen; Tran, Tho; Vo, Sonny; Fiorentino, Marco; Brug, Jim; Beausoleil, Raymond G. (March 2013). "A multi-directional backlight for a wide-angle, glasses-free three-dimensional display". Nature. 495 (7441): 348–351. Bibcode:2013Natur.495..348F. doi:10.1038/nature11972. ISSN   0028-0836. PMID   23518562. S2CID   4424212.
  6. 1 2 "RED reveals more about its holographic smartphone display". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  7. ↑ "Altice to bring holographic handsets to SFR customers". Digital TV Europe. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  8. ↑ "RED finally reveals what its 'holographic' phone screen actually is". The Verge. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  9. ↑ "SDK and Developer Resources | Leia Inc". www.leiainc.com. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  10. ↑ "Leia Dev Dashboard". developer.leialoft.com. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  11. ↑ "Verizon to launch RED HYDROGEN One – the world's first holographic smartphone – on November 2". Verizon News. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  12. ↑ "Continental and Leia´s new 3D Lightfield Display bring the third dimension into Automotive vehicles".
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