Westborough, Mass.– Kopin Corporation has announced major progress in the development of its NeuralDisplay™ technology, unveiling a working prototype that integrates advanced hardware and software designed to enhance the future of augmented and virtual reality experiences.
The prototype now supports real-time tracking of a user’s gaze direction, pupil size, and eye movement—all without the need for traditional eye-tracking cameras. By eliminating these components, Kopin aims to significantly reduce the size, weight, power consumption, and cost of AR/VR headsets, while delivering a more seamless and personalized visual experience.
NeuralDisplay™, powered by artificial intelligence, is intended to automatically adjust to a user’s unique vision profile. Its design enables dynamic brightness and contrast control, monitors for signs of eye fatigue, and can respond rapidly to physiological signals such as pupil dilation triggered by stress or alertness.
On the hardware side, Kopin’s latest prototype uses OLED technology with compatibility for future MicroLED integration. The prototype captures high-quality eye imagery, offering critical insights into the custom optics needed for next-generation devices. These developments address longstanding design challenges and support further optimization.
In parallel, the software prototype has reached a new milestone with the implementation of automatic vergence adjustment—allowing the display to shift focus and depth perception in real time based on the user’s gaze. This enhances spatial computing accuracy and is especially valuable for applications requiring precise visual feedback. Demonstrations also include an augmented reality rangefinder, highlighting the display’s capacity to calculate distances with high precision.
Through early integration phases, the company has gathered essential data on sensor sensitivity and microdisplay behavior, which are helping shape the design of next-generation bi-directional displays with lower latency and greater commercial potential.
“Our NeuralDisplay prototype exemplifies Kopin’s commitment to redefining what’s possible in AR and VR,” said Michael Murray, CEO of Kopin. “These achievements bring us closer to delivering a transformative display technology that offers immersive, adaptive, and responsive user experiences.”
Looking ahead, Kopin plans to focus on refining its silicon architecture to enhance color fidelity, brightness, and sensor accuracy—key steps toward bringing NeuralDisplay to full product readiness and expanding its role in the rapidly evolving AR/VR landscape.
