Swave Photonics Names Mike Noonen as CEO to Lead Metaverse Innovator’s Next Stage of Growth

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Swave Photonics, an innovator in Holographic eXtended Actuality (HXR) know-how to carry the metaverse to life, at this time introduced the appointment of Mike Noonen as CEO. Noonen joins Swave to develop the funding and commercialization of immersive 3D, gigapixel holographic projection chips for a variety of rising AR/VR and metaverse functions benefiting from really reasonable 3D experiences.

Noonen takes the helm from Theodore Marescaux who guided the corporate by its preliminary know-how improvement, buyer engagement and funding phases. He joins the management group that features Swave’s founder and chief product officer Theodore Marescaux, founder and COO Dmitri Choutov, and chairman of the board of administrators, Pieter Vorenkamp.

Based mostly on greater than seven years of know-how improvement at imec, Swave has pioneered a next-generation method to 3D holography, Holographic eXtended Actuality (HXR) know-how, which delivers lifelike, high-resolution 3D photos which can be viewable with the bare eye, with no compromises. Powered by diffractive photonics with <250nm pixel pitch, HXR chips allow 1000x higher pixel decision with billions of tiny, densely packed pixels to allow true reasonable 20/20 imaginative and prescient with out requiring viewers to put on sensible AR/VR headsets or prescription glasses.

“Swave’s vision and innovative 3D holographic technology hold great promise for products that bring the metaverse to life and work,” stated Peter Vanbekbergen, accomplice at imec.xpand and early investor in Swave. “We look forward to working with Mike Noonen as he leads Swave in its next phase of growth and commercial success. We also are grateful to Theodore Marescaux for his leadership in bringing Swave to this point.”

“I am thrilled and honored to join the Swave team as our HXR technology and products will transform the massive metaverse market by enabling immersive, ultra-high resolution, lifelike, true holographic displays,” stated Mike Noonen. “HXR will impact and enhance the gaming, entertainment, training, medical, automotive, advertising and communications experience. I applaud Theo, Dmitri and the entire Swave team for establishing such a strong company foundation and developing cutting-edge photonics pixel technology that’s catching the industry’s attention.”

“Mike’s executive management and broad operational experience are critical assets as we accelerate investments, partnerships, product development and commercialization of our next-generation HXR technology,” stated Theodore Marescaux, chief product officer at Swave. “Swave is well-positioned to be a disruptive force in today’s dynamic, fast-moving metaverse landscape. Aligning our leadership team and resources is critical to our continued growth and market success. We look forward to working with Mike as we expand the team, develop our initial markets and deliver the first samples of our HXR solution in the coming year.”

About Mike Noonen

Mike Noonen has 30 years of expertise main know-how companies leading to two IPOs and a number of acquisitions. Most not too long ago Noonen was CEO of MixComm, which was acquired by Sivers Semiconductors earlier this yr. He’s presently a board director with SES.ai (NYSE:SES) and SK Growth Alternatives Company (NASDAQ: SKGR). Noonen was the Chairman and co-founder of Silicon Catalyst, the world’s first semiconductor incubator. He additionally has held govt roles at GlobalFoundries, NXP Semiconductors, Nationwide Semiconductor, Cisco Techniques and 8×8. He beforehand served on the International Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) board of administrators. He holds a BSEE from Colorado State College and a number of patents within the areas of Web telephony and video communications.

About Swave HXR Know-how

Swave’s Holographic eXtended Actuality (HXR) know-how is the Holy Grail of the metaverse, delivering lifelike, high-resolution 3D photos indistinguishable from actuality. Swave’s HXR know-how initiatives lifelike holographic photos that eradicate at this time’s AR/VR/XR challenges of focal depth and eye monitoring, so viewers can simply give attention to close by and faraway objects. Most significantly, the HXR chips are manufactured utilizing commonplace CMOS know-how, which permits cost-effective scaling.

Swave know-how can even energy holographic headsets that ship immersive 3D AR/VR/XR experiences with beautiful excessive decision, good depth of focus and 180-degree to 360-degree viewing angles, all with out the complications skilled by customers of standard headsets. Purposes powered by HXR gigapixel know-how can be able to passing the visible Turing check by which digital actuality is virtually indistinguishable from real-world photos that people see with their very own eyes.

Swave is increasing its administration and engineering groups and hiring in key areas. Go to swave.io to study extra about profession alternatives.

About Swave

Swave Photonics is a fabless semiconductor firm that designs, and markets holographic chips primarily based on proprietary diffractive photonics know-how. Its mission is to carry the metaverse to life and allow show producers and content material creators to disrupt the visualization market with immersive, ultra-high-resolution, lifelike, true holographic shows. Swave envisions a world the place holographic shows give everybody the facility to visualise the inconceivable, collaborate and attain extra. www.swave.io