Light Field Lab
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About Light Field Lab
Light Field Lab is an American display technology company developing glasses-free holographic systems. Founded in 2017 and based in San Jose, California, it combines optical engineering, display hardware and software integration to create three-dimensional visual experiences without headsets or specialized eyewear. Its work centers on engineering the display infrastructure used to present holographic media and support real-time spatial interaction.
Holographic display technology
The company’s proprietary SolidLight™ platform uses directly emissive modular panels and nanoscale optical components to synthesize light wavefronts. The system is designed to provide full motion parallax and continuous perspective without eye-tracking sensors. Its approach reconstructs light wavefronts to present three-dimensional imagery, with display surfaces engineered to deliver billions of pixels of photonic resolution per square meter.
SolidLight modules are designed to connect into larger display surfaces, allowing installations to scale into room-sized arrays. This modular architecture supports holographic video walls and experiences intended for shared viewing in public venues, entertainment environments and enterprise settings. The company’s engineering spans light field synthesis, wavefront sampling and modulation, photonic display surfaces and optomechanical systems.
Hardware and software integration
Alongside manufacturing holographic display hardware, Light Field Lab develops software interfaces and integration capabilities for holographic media. Its offering includes modular display design, holographic APIs, software pipeline integration and real-time spatial interaction development. These capabilities connect the underlying optical hardware with the media and interactive systems used to build an experience.
The company’s target markets include location-based entertainment, theme parks, museums, enterprise communications, video conferencing, consumer electronics, broadcast and digital out-of-home advertising. Film and immersive media are also among its stated application areas. Public demonstrations have explored interactive holographic objects and lifelike creature imagery, illustrating how its display technology can support both visual presentation and responsive experiences.
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Founders and leadership
The report identifies co-founders Jon Karafin as Chief Executive Officer, Brendan Bevensee as Chief Technology Officer and Ed Ibe as Vice President of Engineering. All three previously worked at Lytro in senior optical and light-field roles.
Funding milestones
The company raised approximately $85 million through a $7 million seed round in 2017, a $28 million Series A in 2019 led by Bosch and Khosla Ventures, and a $50 million Series B in February 2023. Series B backers included Khosla Ventures, Gates Frontier, LG Technology Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Verizon Ventures, NCSOFT, Corning and OTOY.
Recognition
SolidLight was named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2022.
Technology collaborations
- Through the Roddenberry Archive project, the company collaborates with OTOY and The Gene Roddenberry Estate to preserve and present volumetric Star Trek assets and digital reference models on holographic displays.
- A January 2025 collaboration with the SETI Institute applies SolidLight technology to immersive scientific and astronomical visualization.
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Where Light Field Lab is based
- 1920 Zanker Road, Suite 10, San Jose, CA 95112, United StatesSan Jose, California, United States
San Jose office
HeadquartersGlobal headquarters, engineering facility and research laboratory.
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