Kaynes & Digilens Launch India's First Advanced Waveguide

• Kaynes launches India’s first AR waveguide line with DigiLens technology
• Crystal waveguides deliver high clarity, brightness, and efficiency for XR devices
• Mysore facility boosts local skills, jobs, and India’s leadership in XR innovation

Kaynes Technology, a pioneer in advanced electronics manufacturing, is setting India's future as a global source of innovation with the first advanced augmented reality (AR) waveguide manufacturing line in the country.

The AR waveguides are based on groundbreaking nanotechnology licensed from DigiLens Inc. and will create Crystal waveguide displays for smartglasses and headworn XR devices, making India one of the few countries in the world to go a step further to transfer and master this critical XR technology.

 The Crystal waveguides employ DigiLens' proprietary CrystalClear® photopolymer material and advanced inkjet printing of holographic contact-copy manufacturing to overlay digital content on top of the real world with superb transparency, efficiency, and minimal eye glow while providing high-quality images along with superior brightness and clarity.

The Kaynes Digilens waveguide initiative marks a milestone in advanced waveguide India, showcasing cutting-edge optics technology India. This project enhances high-tech manufacturing India and reinforces Indian optics innovation in the XR and AR sectors.

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The Crystal waveguides are designed to simplify manufacturing and reduce costs, which will enable them to be incorporated into consumer XR Devices, as well as enterprise/military XR devices.

Brian Hamilton, VP of Sales and Marketing at DigiLens stated, "India has the talent, scale, and ambition to lead the XR revolution. By uniting DigiLens’ optics expertise with Kaynes’ manufacturing excellence, we’re not only building an ecosystem that extends beyond individual components but also transferring critical optics knowledge to power the next generation of mobile compute—with India positioned to lead this category on the global stage".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasized building XR devices that are lighter, smaller, and more practical in order to promote adoption and local manufacturing. After over 37 years of experience, Kaynes has grown from a small assembly business to a leader in the automotive, aerospace, defense, and medical electronics sectors.

The new factory in Mysore will have a 3,000 sq. ft., high tech Class 1000 cleanroom, supporting the "Make in India" initiative by creating jobs and increasing technical skills.