2Pi Optics unveils novel fisheye camera
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2Pi Optics has unveiled a new kind of fisheye camera based on what it calls metasurface optics.
The company plans to show off the tech at CES 2024, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas next week.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said it has created the world’s premier high-resolution fisheye sensor based on optical metalens technology. The tech means that design engineers could further downsize cameras in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), AR/VR, UAVs, robotics, and industrial applications.
The surge in camera-based optical sensor technologies is driving 2Pi Optics’ work. The company’s patented technology extends the metalens field of view (FOV) to nearly 180 degrees without compromising imaging quality, outperforming traditional wide-FOV refractive optics in crucial aspects such as size, weight, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
At the core of the work lies the replacement of cumbersome and pricey conventional wide-FOV lenses, comprised of multiple stacked lens pieces, with a single, slim, flat metalens. This tech enables the creation of ultra-compact, high-performance optical imagers and sensors. They could be used in applications such as consumer electronics, automotive sensing, industrial inspection and biomedical diagnosis.
Established in 2021 as an offshoot from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2Pi’s founders have consistently pushed metalens technology—a wafer-thin material imbued with microscopic features that manipulate light in precise ways. The company’s research has been patented.
Juejun Hu, a materials science and engineering professor at MIT and CEO of
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