NIL Technology launches compact metaEye camera (Optics.org)
Source: https://optics.org/news/nil-technology-launches-compact-metaeye-camera · Published: 2026-10-28 · Language: English
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NIL Technology launches compact metaEye camera
Specified for eye-tracking in smart AI glasses and AR/VR headsets.
28 October 2026
NILT’s metaEye™ camera, which is specified for eye-tracking in smart AI glasses and AR/VR headsets. Image: NILT.
NIL Technology(NILT), a Copenhagen, Denmark-based manufacturer of advanced meta-optics, has announced the launch of the metaEye™ camera, which the company describes as “an ultra-compact camera designed and specified for eye-tracking in smart AI glasses and AR/VR headsets.”
The cameras consist of two meta-optical elements (MOEs) that are integrated together with a bandpass filter and multiple apertures into a single solid lens cube, mounted on the cover glass of the image sensor.
NILT says meta-optics is an emerging area of optics where semiconductor nanostructure processes are used to build flat optics allowing new functionalities not possible to achieve with single refractive lenses; “the metaEye™ design eliminates the use of bulky refractive optics,” states the firm
The metaEye™ is said to be the first all-meta-optics camera on the market, and the first product on the market with two MOEs. The cameras are designed and produced in-house and assembled into cameras by NILt’s partners.
Brian Orr, SVP, Sales & Marketing at NILT, commented, “We have engaged multiple key customers in qualification builds over the past one-and-a-half years. We are excited these customers are ramping to mass production this year with amazing products.”
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The metaEye was recognized with a SPIE Prism Award in 2025.
Ulrich Quaade, VP Optics at NILT, said, “Eliminating the use of refractive optics enables the unique properties of the metaEye™: The use of flat optics supports a compact lens stack without any air gaps or plastic parts, providing excellent performance stability across a wide range of temperatures, beyond anything in market. As its name suggests, this camera is purpose-built for eye-tracking applications, with specifications that align exceptionally well with industry requirements.”
Specifcations of the metaEye™ camera.
Specifications
The metaEye camera is the first configuration using the metaCamera architecture developed by NILT. That architecture is highly customizable, and the cameras can be configured for different use cases and different image sensors, the company stated. Examples of other use cases of the metaCamera architecture are the metaInfinity (far field imaging) and the metaMacro (macro imaging) cameras.
NILT’s announcement concluded by encouraging companies interested in designing the metaCamera architecture into wearables, robotics, medical, or other applications, to evaluate the metaEye solution.
Selected metaEye specifications are shown here and further information can be found at www.nilt.com/metaeye
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