The Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MTIE) has announced that it will allocate 38.7 billion Won (about $26.5 million USD) to support the Korean display industry and help it maintain its competitiveness, especially against competition from China.

The main goal of this new award is to support Korea's microLED, OLED and AR/VR display industries. The support will target small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporations and universities and research institutes. The government announced 40 types of projects that will be awarded funds, all R&D projects with a time frame of 1-4 years.

MicroLED Connect, our hybrid event series focusing on the microLED industry, will be hosting a two-day virtual event focused on MicroLED and AR/VR innovations, technologies, manufacturing, markets and more. The online event will take place on March 6-7, and will be an excellent opportunity to learn the latest microLED and AR/VR updates and connect with industry professionals on our excellent online event platform.

Today we have published the agenda for this event, which you can also see below, with over 25 exciting talks by leading microLED developers, AR/VR developers, supply chain companies and top-edge researchers. This will be an excellent opportunity to learn and connect with the microLED industry. You can register for the event here, with a yearly pass to MicroLED-Connect (with an option to also include entry into our September on-site event in Eindhoven, The Netherlands). Our members also gain access to past event recordings.

Touch Taiwan is one of the world's leading display conferences, and the MicroLED-Info team will attend this year's event. Touch Taiwan will take place in Taipei, in April 16-18, and is expected to bring together a large part of the display industry, and include a conference and an exhibition. We're looking forward to seeing new display technologies, with a focus on microLED displays of course, new products and demonstrators and meeting up with industry leaders!

We'll be happy to schedule meetings - so if you plan to come to the event, do contact us and we will be happy to schedule a meeting. We're really looking forward to this event, to meeting our display industry friends, and to host the special MicroLED Association dinner meeting.

MicroLED display developer VueReal announced that it has raised $40.5 million USD in ts Series C funding round. The round was led by Export Development Canada (EDC) and included participation from existing VueReal investors, including Cycle Capital, BDC Capital's Cleantech Practice, and TDK Ventures.

VueReal says that the new funds will enable it to scale its production capabilities and enhance its ecosystem to support partners in achieving their goals of integrating microLEDs in commercial production.

According to Bloomberg, Apple has established a secretive facility in Santa Clara, to develop microLED microdisplay technologies for future AR headsets.

The report suggests that Apple is not looking to launch its microLED AR headset before 2028, or likely even before 2030. This coincides with the MicroLED Association's own industry and market roadmap.

Halliday launched their first AR glasses, called simply the Halliday Glasses. These enable a rather unique AR solution, that uses a monocular direct projection into the eyes without waveguides. The display engine is a green monochrome microLED microdisplay - likely produced by JBD.

The Halliday Glasses launched in a crowdfunding campaign, with a price tag of $400 (including a $90 discount for early supporters). The company aims to deliver the first products by April 2025. The company already has over 3,500 supporters and has raised over $1.4 million (with 41 days left to the campaign). 

China-based San'an Optoelectronics is experiencing increased demand for its microLED wafers, and the company is expanding its production capacity. San'an currently has the capacity to produce 250 6" microLED wafers per month, and by the end of the quarter, it will be increase its capacity to 1,400 monthly wafers.

San'an also has passed Samsung's audit and microLED validation tests for its latest chips, and the company is now entering into Samsung's supply chain for the company's large-area tiled Wall microLED TVs. 

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China and Jilin University developed a novel method for the remote epitaxial growth of continuous crystalline perovskite thin films, that allows for seamless integration into ultrahigh-resolution microLED displays - with pixels less than 5 μm.

The results of their research describe a remote epitaxial growth technique that utilizes a graphene interlayer to create continuous crystalline perovskite thin films over an area of 4 cm². This method effectively eliminates grain boundaries and achieves a pure out-of-plane crystallographic orientation. Using these single-crystalline, freestanding perovskite thin films, the researchers achieved impressive results for micro-LEDs, including electroluminescence efficiency of 16.1%, brightness of 4 × 105 cd m^-2, and ultrahigh resolution with a pixel size of 4 μm.

The MicroLED Industry Association has published its 2025 MicroLED Industry Roadmap and State-of-the-Industry document. 

The 2025 MicroLED Roadmap covers the latest microLED technology trends, details the MicroLED Association’s roadmap and projections for the future of the microLED industry and market, by application segments. The summary edition can be downloaded here.

MicroLED Industry Association members can access the full document here, which includes detailed insights into technology and architectures, challenges and forecasts.

We're happy to announce the 2025 edition of The Perovskite Handbook. This book is a comprehensive guide to perovskite materials, applications and industry. Perovskites are an exciting class of materials that feature a myriad of exciting properties and are considered the future of solar cells, displays, sensors, LEDs and more. The perovskite industry is at an inflection point, with dramatic investments and commitments, and perovskite could become important material to watch for all display developers, especially for microLEDs where perovskites could be used for both color conversion and actual emission (PeLEDs). The handbook is now updated to January 2025 and lists recent developments and new companies, initiatives and research activities. 

Reading this book, you'll learn all about:

• Different perovskite materials, their properties and structure
• How perovskites can be made, tuned and used
• What kinds of applications perovskites may be suitable for
• What the obstacles on the way to a perovskite revolution are
• Perovskite solar cells, their merits and challenges
• Perovskite QDs, LEDs, and other applications
• The state of the perovskite market, potential and future

The book also provides: a history of perovskite research, a guide to perovskite companies and developers, information on leading collaboration and development projects, a comprehensive list of perovskite companies, market updates and much more!