History

From a scientific discovery on 2009 during eclipse,
LetinAR is now fundamentally

Changing how humankind sees the world.

History

Technology
Business
2024

Dec 2024

Top 100 Excellent National R&D Achievements of 2024, Republic of Korea

Dec 2024

NEP (New Product) Recognition, Republic of Korea

Nov 2024

Presidential Awards, Korea Invention Patent Exhibition 2024

Oct 2024

Minister (of MOTIE) Awards, Photonics Korea 2024

Oct 2024

NTT QONOQ MiRZA® Smartglasses Launch

Jan 2024

SPIE PRISM AWARDS 2024 Finalist

Jan 2024

CES 2024 : PinTILT FrontiAR™ Pro Launching

Jan 2024

PinTILT FrontiAR™ Mass-production

2023

Dec 2023

Achieved 80 Patent Registrations

Dec 2023

Minister of Science and Information and Communication Technology Award, the Government R&D Project(Lightweight AR)

Sep 2023

NET Registration Acquired.

Jul 2023

Achieved excellence in the final assessment of Government R&D project (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy_Shared Mobility)

May 2023

Successful Mass Production of B30 PinTILT™ Plastic Lens

Apr 2023

Series-C Investment Completed (Series-C 18.8B KRW, cumulative 33.6B KRW)

Jan 2023

CES Innovation Award 2023 (KEPLAR™)

2022

Nov 2022

Patent Office Commissioner's Award at the Korea Invention Patent Exhibition

Oct 2022

Achieved 50 Patent Registrations

Apr 2022

Achieved best in the final assessment of Government R&D project(Ministry of SMEs and Startups_Startup Scale-Up)

Apr 2022

First Sales to Europe

Mar 2022

First Sales to North America

Feb 2022

Achieved excellence in the final assessment of Government R&D project(Ministry of Science and ICT_Bicycle AR)

Jan 2022

CES Innovation Award 2022 (T-Glass)

2021

Dec 2021

Awarded Excellent Patent in the Electronic IT category of South Korea

Dec 2021

Korea Metaverse Award Grand Prize (Minister of Science, Technology, and Information Communication)

Mar 2021

Office relocation and establishment of a Fab. (in Dongan-gu, Anyang City, Gyeonggi Province)

2020

Dec 2020

Basic Patent Registration for PinTILT™

Nov 2020

Series-B Investment Completed (Series-B 8B KRW, cumulative 14.8B KRW)

Apr 2020

Kim Jae-hyuk (CEO) and Ha Jeong-hun (CTO) selected as Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 Leaders

Feb 2020

Selected as a Finalist for the GLOMO AWARDS at MWC, One of the World's Top 3 IT Exhibitions

Feb 2020

Selected as a Finalist for the Prestigious SPIE PRISM AWARDS in the Optics Field

Feb 2020

Establishment of a Corporation in the United States

Feb 2020

First Patent Registered in the United States

2019

Nov 2019

Patent Office Commissioner's Award at the Korea Invention Patent Exhibition

Nov 2019

Awarded for the Development of Digital Content Industry (Minister of Science, Technology, and Information Communication)

Feb 2019

Lens with PinMR™(2 rows) collimator-integrated IIC) Unveiled at MWC 2019

Jan 2019

Lens with PinMR™(2 rows) collimator-integrated IIC) Unveiled at CES 2019

2018

Dec 2018

Series-A Investment Completed (Series-A 6B KRW, cumulative 6.8B KRW)

Aug 2018

Basic Patent Registration for PinMR™

Jul 2018

Recognition as an In-house Research Institute

Jun 2018

Certification for Specialized Material and Component Company

Jan 2018

Glass lens with PinMR™ (2rows) unveiled at CES 2018

2017

Nov 2017

Small and Medium Venture Business Minister Award, Challenge K-Startup 2017

Jun 2017

Seed Investment Completed (800M KRW for Seedm Cumulative 800M KRW)

2016

Oct 2016

Establishment of LetinAR Co., Ltd.

2014

May 2014

First Domestic Patent Registration

2009

Jul 2009

PinMR™ Principle Discovered