Liquid crystal active optics help make AR glasses feel natural

Several liquid crystal optics technologies can be used to improve the user comfort and experience when wearing AR glasses. These include pixelated dimmers, tunable lenses and switchable half-wave plates.

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14 July 2026

Liquid crystal active optics help make AR glasses feel natural

Several liquid crystal optics technologies can be used to improve the user comfort and experience when wearing AR glasses. These include pixelated dimmers, tunable lenses and switchable half-wave plates.

14 April 2026

All-day wearable smart glasses with switchable reading lenses

Tunable liquid crystal lens technology can be integrated into smart glasses enabling users to switch between a reading glasses power and normal lens with optical prescription (or no prescription).

9 March 2026

OTFT technology drives the new DKE FLEX platform for extremely flexible and rugged ePaper displays

The DKE FLEX platform – driven by FlexEnable's FlexiOM™ OTFT materials and backplane technology – marks a major milestone in flexible ePaper display innovation.

4 February 2026

Plastic liquid crystal dimming cells for biaxially curved AR glasses

There is a demand for biaxially-curved liquid crystal dimming cells for AR glasses. By replacing the ITO layer with a polymer conductive electrode, FlexEnable has been able to achieve deeper biaxial curvatures.

18 November 2025

Colour-changing dimmers for smart glasses

Colour-changing dimmers have the potential to provide several benefits, and not only for the wearer’s eyes.

7 October 2025

Smart glasses are at an inflection point

Smart glasses are at an inflection point, with AI-glasses providing the catalyst for major growth in AR glasses in the next few years.