LX AR claimed the First Prize of the "Smart Future+" Track (Growth Group) at the 3rd "Cultural and Creative Shanghai" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition via its AR array waveguide solution, and will further focus on AR optical display to support the cultural and creative industry.
On December 17th, the award ceremony of the 3rd "Cultural and Creative Shanghai" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was held in Shanghai. Amid the fierce competition among 1,765 high-quality cultural and creative projects, LX AR stood out from the 21 finalists in the "Smart Future+" track with its "AR Array Waveguide Solution" project and successfully won the first prize!
As a benchmark event in Shanghai's cultural and creative industry, the "Cultural and Creative Shanghai" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition has attracted more than 1,500 enterprises since its inception in 2022. Under the theme of Surge of Innovation, Blossom on the Tide, this year’s competition is jointly guided by the Publicity Department of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, and Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, and hosted by the Office of the Shanghai Leading Group for the Development of the Cultural and Creative Industry. It focuses on hot sectors such as digital cultural creativity, content IP and cultural consumption, and features four competition tracks to explore and nurture outstanding cultural and creative projects and talents in an all-round way.
Among these tracks, the "Smart Future+" track centers on the application of technologies like AI and XR in scenarios including cultural tourism and content creation. At the final, the judging panel conducted a rigorous multi-dimensional evaluation of the participating projects based on core technological competitiveness, business models, team strength and other key aspects. LX AR's success in standing out from numerous strong competitors fully demonstrates the technological innovation and market application potential of its project.
LX AR’s entry, the AR Array Waveguide Solution, focuses on the key "bottleneck" technologies in the optical display sector of AR devices. With a forward-looking layout across multiple waveguide technology routes and a portfolio of independent core patents, LX AR is the only company in China that has achieved mass production of 2D array waveguides.
As a winner’s representative, LX AR stated: We greatly appreciate the high-quality platform provided by the competition organizers, which has given us the opportunity to exchange and learn with top industry talents. We also thank the judging panel for their recognition of our work.
The high-quality development of the cultural and creative industry is inseparable from the support of technological innovation. LX AR will always stay true to its technological aspirations, deeply engage in the AR optical display sector, continuously increase R&D investment, and further optimize its AR array waveguide solution. The company will promote the application of its technologies in more cultural and creative scenarios, unlock the infinite potential of cultural inheritance and innovation with technological strength, and contribute more to the prosperous development of Shanghai’s cultural and creative industry.
