Investors: Sinovation Ventures, Xiaomi and Inno-Chip, an investment firm which has obtained investment and support from Will Semiconductor, owner of OmniVision.

Objectives: Prophesee said it will use the funds to accelerate the development and commercialization of its next generation of hardware and software products.

CEO quote: “If I want — and I do want — to make Prophesee a global company, we need to succeed in China because it is the most important market for our technology,” Luca Verre, cofounder and CEO of Prophesee, told EE Times Europe.

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Holography is another way to look at the road. Many car models now use head-up displays (HUDs) to provide information to drivers and keep their attention on the road, reducing the risk of accidents due to distraction. St-Andrews, Scotland-based Ceres Holographics has showcased a full-scale replication system for producing 1500mm width holographic films in high volume, enabling holographic transparent displays and augmented reality-HUDs (AR-HUD) for windshields.

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Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) is the technology that measures the distance from an object by illuminating it with a laser light. At the same time, by scanning the surrounding environment with a very narrow laser beam, a LiDAR can return a high-resolution three-dimensional map. A LiDAR typically includes different components: lasers, photodetectors, beam steering element and read-out integrated circuits (ROICs) with time-of-flight (ToF) capability to measure distance by illuminating a target and analyzing the reflected light.

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