Lumus debuts 70-degree ZOE prototype and slimmer Z-30 updates at CES 2026

At CES 2026 Lumus showcased waveguide advances that pushed field of view and thinness in a smart-glasses form factor, including a ZOE prototype exceeding 70 degrees and updated Z-30 optics. The company demonstrated fragile early units on the show floor, with one prototype reportedly held together by tape and the firm having already lost two.

Lumus highlighted its role supplying waveguides to Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses and said that success is helping drive demand for similar form factors. The optimized Z-30 is an 11-gram optical engine with 8,000 nits-per-watt efficiency, test patterns producing sharp text across a 30-degree field of view, and an announced 40% brightness improvement.

A Z-30 2.0 preview is 40% thinner and 30% lighter, aimed at all-day notification and navigation use cases. The ZOE prototype produced a wraparound, immersive effect, filling much of the wearer’s view with 1080p imagery that the reporter described as very crisp despite lower brightness than the Z-30.

Lumus said the ZOE uses standard glass and mirror-based optics, can bond prescription lenses to the waveguide, reduces forward leakage via AR coatings, and targets entertainment, productivity, gaming and defense applications. Some demos were described as endearingly fragile, and Lumus emphasized it now offers options from 20-degree glance displays up to early 70-degree immersion so manufacturers can choose by use case.

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