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metaEye™ product launch

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Camera systems reimagined with meta-optics

The unique metaCamera™ architecture provides proof of what meta-optics can do in imaging systems, delivering high-quality imaging in an ultra-compact package with improved consistency and robustness. Whether you need an off-the-shelf solution, metaEye™, or a custom design matched to your sensor and application, we can help bring your next imaging product to life. The metaCamera™ architecture consists of two metalenses and eliminates the need for refractive lenses entirely, making it a first-of-its-kind imaging system.

metaEye™

What is metaEye™?

NILT metaEye™ is an ultra-compact near-infrared camera module based on meta-optic lens technology. It is optimized for eye-tracking applications in smart glasses, AR/VR headsets, and other near-field imaging applications requiring high image quality in an extremely small form factor.

The metaEye™ camera is 1.68 mm x 1.68 mm x 2.11 mm in size and built with a monolithic compact architecture including an integrated bandpass filter, cover glass, and an industry-leading 400 x 400, 2.2 µm pixel CMOS image sensor. The camera delivers a unique combination of best-in-class imaging, ultra-compact form factor, and temperature insensitive performance.

NIL Technology (NILT) metaEye™

Advantages

  • Pioneering metalens architecture delivers performance comparable to 4 refractive lenses. Extremely lightweight, ideal for smart AR glasses
  • Excellent MTF performance maintained over and beyond consumer temperature range. Operates over a large Depth of Field (DOF)
  • High contrast and image quality across the entire FOV, enabling both eye-tracking & iris recognition with LED illumination at 850 nm 
  • Flat front surface, enabling seamless integration in a reflowable package

Applications

  • Eye-Tracking
  • Iris Recognition
  • Blink Analytics
  • VR Perimetry
  • Sports Vision
  • Attention Monitoring
  • Cognitive Assessment
  • Assistive Communication

Specs

Specifications include X,Y,Z, frame rate, weight, pixel size, design wavelength, FOV, frame rate, and more.

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Parameter Specification
Sensor OG0TC1B
X, Y, Z 1.68 x 1.68 x 2.11* mm3
Frame rate 240 fps @ 400x400
480 fps @ 200x200
Weight 12.9mg
Sensor Resolution 400 x 400
Pixel Size 2.2 µm
Design Wavelength 850 ± 20 nm
FOV (Diagonal H65°, V65°, D90°
Frame rate 240 fps @ 400x400
480 fps @ 200x200
f/# 2.4
TTL (lens to sensor) 1.7 mm
Object Distance Range 15 – 40 mm
SMIA TV Distortion -8.3%
Bandpass filter Integrated 850nm
Interface 1-lane MIPI D-PHY or
1-trio MIPI C-PHY

*z-height includes BGA and cover glass

Partnership Showcase

NILT and Pupil Labs, a global leader in wearable eye tracking technology, have partnered to integrate NILT’s ultra-compact metaEye™ technology into Pupil Labs’ eye tracking NeonNet system. The collaboration brings together NILT’s cutting-edge meta-optics camera modules and Pupil Labs’ artificial intelligence-based eye tracking pipeline.

The combined solution unlocks new possibilities across VR/AR, medical devices, and research applications where size, power efficiency, and signal robustness are critical. Technical integration specifications are already publicly available on Pupil Labs’ website. NILT is currently accepting orders for their metaEye camera™ modules.

Read the Press Release

NIL Technology (NILT) metaEye™

metaInfinity™

Compact Vision for Motion, Presence, and Gesture Sensing

  • Built for applications that need to see beyond arm’s length
  • Enables motion and presence detection, hand tracking, gesture recognition, face tracking, and biometrics, with robotics and machine vision applications
  • Optimized for objects at 150 to 1200 mm, in a fully integrated module with bandpass filter included, and built to withstand thermal stress
NIL Technology (NILT) meta-optic for 3D depth mapping

metaMacro™

Ultra-Close-Range Imaging in a Tiny Footprint

  • A NIR camera that delivers macro-range performance in a form factor refractive lenses can’t match
  • Optimized for 1.5 mm object distance, enabling detection of markers, encoders, and small objects
  • Fully integrated module with bandpass filter included, delivering excellent reliability and staying insensitive to changing temperature
  • Ultra-compact footprint that drops easily into devices with limited space
NIL Technology (NILT) metaMacro™

metaEye™

Ultra-compact camera (FOV 90°, F# 2.4) for eye tracking applications in AR/VR, optimized for 850 nm LED illumination.

What Can We Built Together?

Whether you have an optical design ready to manufacture or you're starting with a problem that needs a solution, NILT can bring next-generation meta-optics solutions to your products.

  • Foundry

    You design it.
    We build it.

    Design to our design rules. We manufacture to spec and deliver the meta-optics.

    Add-on processes available: apertures, stacking, bonding, coatings and much more.
    You define it.

  • Full Optics

    You define it.
    We design and build it.

    Provide us with your specifications, we design and manufacture the lens accordingly.

    Our designers help you navigate trade-offs and the design space and simulated performance carries through to prototyping and production.

Contact Us

Whether you’re ready to manufacture a design or need help developing one, NILT can help you find a path from concept to production.

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