Side-looking infrared LED targets eye-tracking systems

New Products | May 30, 2017

Osram Opto Semiconductors has launche its smallest sidelooking infrared LED to date, the SFH 4055 based on the proven Firefly platform.

By Rich Pell

Emitting at 850nm, the new LED is primarily targeted at eye-tracking systems in augmented and virtual reality headsets where multiple infrared LEDs illuminate users’ eyes and capture the light reflected back with camera sensors. The eye-tracking systems then compute the position of the user’s pupil and work out what direction the user is looking in.

With a footprint of just 1.0×0.325×0.55mm, the new Firefly can fit into glasses around the eyepieces of virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) headsets. The LED is a sidelooker with an a low height of just 0.325mm.

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