PARIS and LOS ANGELES, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As the global XR industry prepares for a packed summer of innovation, optical technology company OPTIX is set to intensively showcase its advanced AR and VR optics solutions at three major industry exhibitions in June: AWE USA in Long Beach, California, Viva Technology in Paris, France, and Laser World of Photonics in Munich, Germany.
This presence builds on OPTIX's strong momentum from CES 2025 earlier this year and is part of a growing effort by the company to deliver high-performance, scalable optics to XR hardware manufacturers worldwide.
OPTIX Steps into the Global Stage
Since emerging from stealth less than three years ago, OPTIX has steadily expanded its capabilities and product lineup, securing USD $15 million in funding, developing its own laboratory and production processes, and launching advanced optical modules for both AR glasses and VR headsets.
This June, OPTIX is highlighting its two flagship products:
- 2D EPIC 50 AR Waveguide, designed for lightweight AR glasses with a wide 50° field of view.
- 8K VR Pancake Module, offering binocular 8K resolution and a 115° FoV, wider and sharper than Vision Pro.
The company's presence at such events marks an effort to further its engagement with consumer tech companies and enterprise users across both North America and Europe, as it aims to deepen its role in the regions' supply chains for next-generation immersive technology.
What's New?
For VR, OPTIX's proprietary eye-tracking and foveated rendering solutions are designed to reduce GPU demand while maintaining 8K high visual fidelity, offering increased efficiency for mobile and tethered VR applications.
For AR, the latest version of the company's latest 2D EPIC 50 AR waveguide module delivers higher efficiency with 7,000 nits peak brightness, superior contrast, and production-readiness, as the company moves closer to its goal of enabling mass-market smart glasses.
US + EU Focus Reflects OPTIX's Global Vision
Despite the fact that AWE, Viva Technology, and Laser World of Photonics are held in different continents within the same month, OPTIX's presence at such events highlights the company's strategic intent to engage both North American and European XR markets at once.
In the US, the optics firm is targeting conversations with ODMs/OEMs focused on:
- Mixed reality headsets
- AI-enhanced AR smart glasses
- Wearable displays for enterprise and consumer use
In Europe, OPTIX is aiming to position itself as a reliable, scalable optics partner for both headset companies and enterprises, navigating an increasingly complex global supply chain. This comes as recent shifts in trade dynamics have prompted some EU-based immersive tech companies to diversify their supplier base, or at least reevaluate dependencies on established US-aligned vendors.
This broader global strategy from the company complements recent optics industry trends, where hardware decisions are becoming increasingly influenced by geopolitical dynamics and supply chain reliability.
"We're seeing increased interest from European XR hardware builders looking for agile, optics-focused partners who have solid optics backgrounds and can adapt quickly to shifting market dynamics. Our goal is to be a dependable technical collaborator with a long-term commitment to the region," said Kristen Wang, Co-founder and Head of Corporate Development at OPTIX.
"Europe is a strategically important market for us—not just commercially, but in terms of building lasting relationships with companies that value performance, transparency, and sustained product evolution," added Wang. "In the AI era, today's so-called 'AI glasses' will inevitably transition to AR glasses. For VR, the competitive landscape shows accelerating differentiation in pancake solutions among vendors. As immersive tech adoption grows across the region, we will continue to deliver world-class optics performance that leads the global market."
Forward Momentum and Long-Term Vision
Looking ahead, OPTIX has signaled that it is not just iterating on existing modules but also actively researching and developing advanced optics technologies.
The company stated that its goal is simple: deliver exceptional optics that balance cutting-edge performance with manufacturability at scale. For more information on OPTIX, click here.
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OPTIX Expands Global Reach with AR/VR Optical Advancements
The New Home Robot Embodies LG Electronics' Zero Labor Home Vision, Introducing Physical AI to Manage the Time-consuming Tasks of Daily Housework
News Summary:
- LG Electronics will showcase LG CLOiD™, an AI-powered home robot at CES 2026, representing its "Zero Labor Home" vision where intelligent machines handle everyday chores through robotics and connected home integration.
- LG CLOiD is a robot that uses AI and vision-based technology to perform household tasks like cooking and laundry, connecting seamlessly with LG's ThinQ ecosystem to automate home life.
- By unveiling LG CLOiD and its new actuator technology, LG takes a major step toward AI-driven homes, combining robotics, smart appliances, and Physical AI to make housework effortless and time-saving.
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics (LG) today announced LG CLOiD™, an AI-enabled home robot that will be demonstrated publicly for the first time at CES 2026. Designed to perform and coordinate household tasks across connected home appliances, CLOiD is intended to reduce the time and physical effort required for everyday chores. The system represents LG's latest development in AI-based home robotics and smart home platforms, building on the company's Self-Driving AI Home Hub (LG Q9), and the ThinQ ecosystem.
Demonstrating Household Automation in a Real-World Home Setting
At CES 2026, the company will show LG CLOiD operating in diverse home environments. In one scenario, the robot retrieves milk from a refrigerator and places a croissant into an oven to prepare breakfast. After household occupants leave, LG CLOiD initiates laundry cycles and folds and stacks garments after drying. These tasks display LG CLOiD's ability to understand the user's lifestyle and precise appliance control
Hardware Designed for Operation in Living Spaces
LG CLOiD consists of a head unit, torso with two articulated arms and a wheeled base equipped with autonomous navigation. The torso can tilt to adjust its height, enabling the robot to pick up objects from knee level and above.
Each arm has seven degrees of freedom, matching the mobility of a human arm. The shoulder, elbow and wrist allow forward, backward, rotational and lateral motion, while each hand includes five independently actuated fingers for fine manipulation. This configuration allows LG CLOiD to handle a wide range of household objects and operate in kitchens, laundry rooms and living areas.
The wheeled base uses autonomous driving technology derived from LG's experience with robot vacuums and the LG Q9. This form factor was selected for stability, safety and cost-effectiveness, with a low center of gravity that reduces the risk of tipping if a child or pet makes contact.
LG CLOiD's Head as a Mobile AI Home Hub
The head functions as a mobile AI home hub. It is equipped with a chipset – which functions as LG CLOiD's brain – a display, a speaker, cameras, various sensors and voice-based generative AI. Collectively, these elements allow the robot to communicate with humans through spoken language and "facial expressions," learn the living environments and lifestyle patterns of its users and control connected home appliances based on its learnings.
Vision-Based Physical AI: VLM and VLA
At the core of LG CLOiD is the company's Physical AI technology, which combines:
- Vision Language Model (VLM) — converts images and video into structured, language-based understanding
- Vision Language Action (VLA) — translates visual and verbal inputs into physical actions
These models have been trained on tens of thousands of hours of household task data, enabling LG CLOiD to recognize appliances, interpret user intent and execute context-appropriate actions such as opening doors, or transferring objects.
Integration with ThinQ and ThinQ ON
LG CLOiD's capabilities expand significantly through its integration with LG's smart home ecosystem, including the AI Home Platform "ThinQ™" and Hub "ThinQ ON." This seamless connectivity allows LG CLOiD to orchestrate a wider range of services across LG's various appliances.
LG Actuator AXIUM: Robotics Components for Physical AI
Alongside the home robot, LG is introducing LG Actuator AXIUM™, a new brand of robotic actuators for service and robots.
An actuator serves as a robot's joint, integrating a motor that generates rotational force, a drive that controls electrical signals and a reducer that regulates speed and torque. As one of the most critical and cost-intensive components in a robot, actuators are widely regarded as a strategic upstream technology in the emerging era of Physical AI.
LG has accumulated world-class component technology through its market-leading home appliance business. This expertise in component technology is expected to be the foundation for delivering key competitive advantages in actuators, such as lightweight and compact design, high efficiency and high torque. In addition, LG's modular design technology enables customizing, multi-variety production that is necessary for manufacturing advanced robots, which require dozens of types of actuators.
Roadmap Toward AI-Driven Homes
LG plans to continue developing home robots with practical functions and forms for housework. Simultaneously, the company will expand the application of its accumulated robotics technology to home appliances, creating categories such as "Appliance Robots" like robot vacuums, and "Robotized Appliances" like refrigerators with doors that open automatically as a person approaches. The ultimate goal is to create an "AI Home" where housework is entrusted to AI appliances and home robots, allowing people to rest, enjoy themselves and spend their time on more valuable activities.
"The LG CLOiD home robot is designed to naturally engage with and understand the humans it serves, providing an optimized level of household help," said Steve Baek, president of the LG Home Appliance Solution Company. "We will continue our relentless efforts to achieve our Zero Labor Home vision, making housework a thing of the past so that customers can spend more time on the things that really matter."
Visitors to CES 2026 (January 6-9) can experience the tangible benefits of LG CLOiD and the Zero Labor Home through a variety of real-life scenarios at LG's booth (#15004, Las Vegas Convention Center).
About LG Electronics Home Appliance Solution Company
The LG Home Appliance Solution Company (HS) is a global leader in home appliances and AI home solutions. By leveraging industry-leading core technologies, the HS Company is committed to enhancing consumers' quality of life and promoting sustainability. The company develops thoughtfully designed kitchen and living appliance solutions and has recently integrated LG's Robot Business Division to incorporate advanced robot technologies into its home solutions. Together, these products offer enhanced convenience, exceptional performance, efficient operation and sustainable lifestyle solutions. For more news on LG, visit www.LGnewsroom.com.
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LG ELECTRONICS PRESENTS LG CLOiD HOME ROBOT TO DEMONSTRATE "ZERO LABOR HOME" AT CES 2026
LG ELECTRONICS PRESENTS LG CLOiD HOME ROBOT TO DEMONSTRATE "ZERO LABOR HOME" AT CES 2026
LG ELECTRONICS PRESENTS LG CLOiD HOME ROBOT TO DEMONSTRATE "ZERO LABOR HOME" AT CES 2026
