HOLOEYE Photonics AG - History

1999 HOLOEYE GmbH is founded in Berlin, Germany. HOLOEYE´s intention is to provide industry with micro-structured and diffractive optical structures or components, and create new industrial applications with this technology. HOLOEYE presents the first "Plug-and-Play" VGA LC Device “LC1004” that can be directly plugged to a personal computer which enables computer-controlled spatial light modulation.

2000 HOLOEYE presents the successor of the “LC1004”, the SVGA Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator LC2002 for computer-controlled spatial light modulation.

2002 HOLOEYE changed its corporate legal form and becomes "HOLOEYE Photonics AG". HOLOEYE raised their registered capital to 50.000 EUR.

2003 HOLOEYE introduces the high-resolution reflective LCOS Spatial Light Modulator kit LC-R 2500 with 1024 x 768 pixels.

2004 HOLOEYE Corp. is founded as a 100 % owned US-subsidiary in San Diego, CA in April 2004.

2004 Brillian Corporation, AZ, USA signs a distribution agreement with HOLOEYE, for the sale of its Gen II liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS™) microdisplay products and components. Beginning in September 2004, systems integrator and optics expert HOLOEYE is distributing Brillian´s microdisplays in Europe for key speciality markets, including medical, defense, commercial and industrial applications.

March 2005 HOLOEYE and Ballista, Inc enter into a strategic agreement for the development of display systems for speciality markets. Ballista is a specialist in optical design and the development of microdisplay products and illumination systems.

June 2005 HOLOEYE introduces two new high resolution Spatial Light Modulators with 1280x768 pixel resolution. The LC-R 768 and the LC-R 720 are both based on different reflective LCoS microdisplays

June 2005 HOLOEYE introduces a new generation of high resolution Spatial Light Modulators with HDTV(WUXGA) resolution. The LC-R 1080 Spatial Light Modulator has got the highest resolution (1920 x 1200 pixel) with smallest pixel pitch (8.1 µm) on the market

May 2006 HOLOEYE introduces the new Phase only Spatial Light Modulator HEO 1080 P. The HEO 1080 P phase modulator has got HDTV resolution (1920 x 1080 pixel) with 8.0 µm pixel pitch.