What’s the story?
The AR Alliance has added 18 new members, including TDK and Goertek, to expand its global AR hardware development ecosystem.
Why it matters
This expansion brings together expertise in optics and sensors to solve hardware challenges for next-gen AR devices.
The bigger picture
Strengthening the hardware supply chain is a critical step toward making lightweight, everyday AR glasses a reality.
February 10, 2026 – The AR Alliance, a division of SPIE focused on augmented reality (AR) hardware development, has recently announced the addition of 18 new member companies to its organization. The expansion brings together a diverse range of global players specializing in foundational research, advanced optics, display technologies, intuitive user interfaces, and spatial computing platforms.
“We are building AR together,” said Dr. Bharath Rajagopalan, Chair of The AR Alliance and Director of Strategic Marketing, STMicroelectronics. “The AR Alliance is the place where concrete work takes place to harmonize approaches for advancing, unifying, and growing the global AR supply chain as well as accelerating innovation.”
The new members joining the alliance include:
- AlphaLum: A developer of advanced optical solutions for AR and mixed reality (MR).
- Appotronics: A provider of laser display technology.
- Augmenteum: A developer of liquid crystal-based active optics for wearables.
- CREAL: A company specializing in light field technology for 3D digital imagery.
- EyeJets: A developer of retinal display and eye-tracking technology.
- General Interface Solution (GIS): A provider of touch display and optical modules.
- Gixel: A developer of proprietary optical engines for smart glasses.
- Goertek: A manufacturer of components and finished hardware for AR/VR.
- Kyocera SLD Laser: A provider of gallium-nitride-based laser light sources.
- Nichia America Corporation: The US subsidiary of Nichia Corporation of Japan, a manufacturer of optical semiconductors.
- OORYM Optics: A provider of waveguide technology for AR.
- OQmented: A developer of MEMS-based laser beam scanning projection display systems for AR devices.
- RAONTECH: A fabless semiconductor company specializing in microdisplay solutions for AR/VR/MR.
- Solnil: A developer of nano-manufacturing technology for optical functions, including AR.
- TDK: A technology company providing context-aware vision and on-device intelligence for next-generation smart glasses through its AIsight platform.
- TechnoTeam: A manufacturer of image processing systems for light metrology.
- TriLite Technologies: A designer of ultra-compact projection displays.
- University of Rochester: The University’s Center for Extended Reality (CXR) explores immersive platforms and optics.
“We are pleased to welcome this exciting collection of players to the AR Alliance and to join us in this important work and bring their deep technology and product leadership to help enable the AR market,” added Rajagopalan.
To find out more about the AR Alliance and its members, please visit the company’s website.
Image credit: The AR Alliance
Sam is the Founder and Managing Editor of Auganix, where he has spent years immersed in the XR ecosystem, tracking its evolution from early prototypes to the technologies shaping the future of human experience. While primarily covering the latest AR and VR news, his interests extend to the wider world of human augmentation, from AI and robotics to haptics, wearables, and brain–computer interfaces.