Development and licensing of technology for true holographic 3D displays (H3D)
SeeReal Technologies S.A.
Munsbach (Luxembourg) · Dresden (R&D, formerly)New on Amplifa
About SeeReal Technologies
SeeReal Technologies is a technology company based in Munsbach (Luxembourg) that develops solutions for true holographic 3D displays (H3D) and licenses them to display manufacturers as well as manufacturing and licensing partners. The company was founded in 2002 in Dresden by Dr. Armin Schwerdtner, who previously belonged to an optics research group at TU Dresden. The technology combines phase-modulating display hardware (SLM, including LCoS- or micro-mirror-based), interference-based light modulation, illumination units with laser diodes, hologram-computing software, and eye-tracking integration to reconstruct 3D scenes with all visual depth cues in real 3D space. Core components are patented Sub-Hologram Encoding and the concept of tracked Viewing Windows. Fields of application are automotive (head-up displays), consumer electronics and gaming, medical imaging, and telecommunications (6G). Prototype setups were built, among others, on 20-inch displays in HD resolution. The cooperation with Volkswagen Group Innovation has existed since late 2018; in 2019 the Volkswagen Group acquired a minority stake. In 2024, communications were fully relocated to the Luxembourg office.
- Site
- L-5366 Munsbach, Luxembourg
- Processes
- Licensing of holographic 3D display technology, Partnerships with manufacturing and licensing partners, Component technologies (SLM, illumination, computation), Prototyping of holographic displays, Eye-tracking integration
- Materials
- Spatial Light Modulator (LC/micro-mirror), Laser Diode Illumination, Eye-Tracking Integration
- Founded
- 2002
- Industries
- Automotive (head-up displays), Consumer Electronics, Entertainment Electronics/Gaming, Medical Technology/Medical Imaging, Telecommunications (6G)
- 01
Research & development (system concepts, component technologies, software)
- 02
Prototyping of holographic displays
- 03
Patenting and licensing
- 04
Partnerships with manufacturing and licensing partners
- 05
Product integration by partners
Core and Component Technologies
Spatial Light Modulator (LC/micro-mirror)
Phase-modulating display hardware based on LCoS or micro-mirrors (PLM) for holographic light modulation.
Laser Diode Illumination
Laser-based light sources as illumination units for full-color holographic displays.
Eye-Tracking Integration
Camera- and software-based pupil tracking (X, Y, Z) for tracking the viewing zones, among others with SmartEye solutions.
Locations
Munsbach
LUCorporate Headquarters, Partnering & Licensing
Dresden
DEResearch & Development (communications relocated to Luxembourg in 2024)
Applications
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 2002
Founded by Dr. Armin Schwerdtner (previously optics research group at TU Dresden) in Dresden.
- 2007
Presentation of a real-time desktop holographic display at SID 2007 (Long Beach) and FPD 2007 (Yokohama); European IST Prize and Innovation Prize of the Free State of Saxony.
- 2018
Frost & Sullivan “2018 European Holographic Display New Product Innovation Award”; start of the research cooperation with Volkswagen Group Innovation.
- 2019
Volkswagen Group acquires a minority stake in SeeReal Technologies.
- 2021
First place at the Saxon Innovation Prize 2021.
- 2022
Participation in the EU project CHARITY; co-initiation of the EU project REALHOLO; joining the 6G-NeXt consortium led by Deutsche Telekom.
- 2023
Presentation of H3D solutions in Taiwan (Advanced Automotive Display Forum, Touch Taiwan).
- 2024
Communications fully relocated to the Luxembourg office; according to Wikipedia (as of 2024) no longer operationally active.