Akonia Holographics
Akonia Holographics was an American company that made holographic technology.
Its website was www.akoniaholographics.com.[2]
Akonia pivoted to augmented reality after Magic Leap's massive funding round. In early 2016, it was reported that Magic Leap had secured a massive 800 million dollar funding round.[3][4] After this, Akonia Holographics pivoted to also supporting the augmented reality market. Up through October 2016, Akonia was just advertising holographic data storage on their website.[5] However, by December 2016, they were advertising holographic smart glasses, augmented reality, including reflective and waveguide-based holographic display elements.[6]
They advertised a technology called HoloMirror, which they claimed used a proprietary volume holographic media to enable thin, transparent smart glasses displays that could display full color images.[6]
Akonia Holographics was founded by Ken Anderson, Mark Ayres and Fred Askham.[7]
Akonia was founded after the bankruptcy of InPhase Technologies.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ Kastrenakes, Jacob (2018-08-30). "Apple bought a company that makes lenses for AR smart glasses". https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/30/17799488/apple-ar-lens-company-acquisition-akonia-holographics.
- ↑ "Akonia Holographics 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Investors, Acquisition". https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/99992-08.
- ↑ David, Eric; Farrell, James; Riley, Duncan; Wheatley, Mike; Deutscher, Maria (2016-02-02). "Magic Leap raises an astounding $793.5M in Series C funding round led by Alibaba". https://siliconangle.com/2016/02/02/magic-leap-raises-an-astounding-793-5m-in-series-c-funding-round-led-by-alibaba/.
- ↑ Baig, Edward C. (2016-02-02). "AR startup Magic Leap raises $793.5 million in funding led by Alibaba". https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2016/02/02/ar-startup-magic-leap-raises-7935-million-funding-led-alibababa/79689520/.
- ↑ "Innovation at the Speed of Light". 2014-02-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20161030104217if_/http://akoniaholographics.com:80/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Akonia Holographics — Innovation at the Speed of Light". https://web.archive.org/web/20161227002646if_/http://akoniaholographics.com:80/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mellor, Chris (2018-08-30). "Akonia Holographics gets bitten by Apple and moves into paradise – Blocks and Files". https://blocksandfiles.com/2018/08/30/akonia-holographics-gets-bitten-by-apple-and-moves-into-paradise/.