Kopin Develops New Line of Super High-Performance LCD Microdisplays for Very High Brightness Augmented Reality Applications

09/11/17

Brillian Displays Support Growing Augmented Reality Applications

Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), the largest U.S. developer
of display systems for wearable technologies and military applications,
today announces a new generation of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that
incorporate advanced designs and processing techniques to dramatically
increase performance over prior generations of displays. The new Brillianproduct line incorporates an advanced pixel structure, newly
formulated liquid crystal materials and enhanced manufacturing processes
to produce unsurpassed image performance in applications requiring
extreme high brightness.

“The Brillian LCD is the result of a multi-year development effort to
satisfy the increasing performance requirements of our customers,” said
President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. John C. C. Fan. “The Brillian
product line offers the extreme brightness levels only possible with an
LCD, while at the same time substantially boosting image contrast and
lowering switching time. This breakthrough in performance will enable
the further advancement and fielding of augmented reality products
throughout the growing markets that we serve.”

“This new line of LCDs is ideally suited for very high brightness
augmented reality applications such as visor projected pilot displays,
integrated rifle scopes, soldier tactical displays, embedded training
systems and outdoor maintenance displays” stated Bill Maffucci, the
Company’s Vice President and General Manager of Government and
Industrial Products. “The Brillian LCD microdisplays far exceed emissive
devices in brightness, operating life and reliability which allows them
to provide easy to read display information together with a clear view
of the external scene under all lighting conditions from total darkness
to bright sunlight.”

The Brillan displays with the advanced pixel structure have more than
double the contrast ratio of conventional displays. Full-color Brillian
displays exhibit contrast ratios higher than 500:1 and brightness levels
greater than 34,000 cd/m2 (10,000 foot-lamberts). With the
use of the newly formulated liquid crystal materials, switching time has
been reduced by about 30% to a fraction of one frame time to eliminate
any perceived symbology latency.

The Brillian displays are manufactured by Kopin’s proprietary NanoJet
process at its Westborough Massachusetts facility. The NanoJet process
releases tiny drops of liquid crystal material with great precision
(variation within a few nanograms) and provides for a purer, better
controlled and very uniform layering of the liquid crystal material in
the fabrication of displays, resulting in superior image quality and
higher brightness. The cell gap uniformity is also substantially
improved to about 90% from about 70% for the conventional method. The
uniform cell gap produces more consistent contrast ratio and viewing
angle performance across the display area.

Samples of the Brillian display are available for select customers and
production is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2018.

About Kopin

Kopin Corporation is a leading developer of innovative wearable
computing technologies and solutions. Kopin’s technology portfolio
includes ultra-small transmissive, reflective and emissive displays,
optics, speech enhancement technology, software, low-power ASICs, and
ergonomically designed smart headset concept systems. Kopin’s
proprietary components and technology are protected by more than 300
global patents and patents pending. For more information, please visit
Kopin’s website at www.kopin.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements in this press release may be considered “forward-looking”
statements under the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include, without limitation,
statements relating to our expectation that the breakthrough in
performance will enable the further advancement and fielding of
augmented reality products throughout the growing markets that we serve;
the new line of LCDs is ideally suited for very high brightness
augmented reality applications such as visor projected pilot displays,
integrated rifle scopes, soldier tactical displays, embedded training
systems and outdoor maintenance displays; and production of the Brillian
displays is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2018. These
statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, the following: the breakthrough in performance may
not enable the further advancement and fielding of augmented reality
products; the markets we serve may not grow; the new line of LCDs may
not be ideally suited for very high brightness augmented reality
applications such as visor projected pilot displays, integrated rifle
scopes, soldier tactical displays, embedded training systems and outdoor
maintenance displays; we may encounter design or manufacturing issues
which prevent us from manufacturing the new Brillian displays and
therefore they may not be available in the second quarter of 2018 or
ever; the Brillian displays may not work; the Company might be adversely
affected by competitive products and pricing; manufacturing delays,
technical issues, economic conditions or external factors may prevent
the Company from achieving its goals; we could be delayed in shipping
some of our products including the Brillian displays; and other risk
factors and cautionary statements listed in the Company’s periodic
reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 12
months ended December 31, 2016, and the Company’s subsequent filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue
reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based only on
information currently available to the Company and only as of the date
on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update
any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances occurring after the date of this release.

Kopin Targeting Corporation
Bill Maffucci, 831-430-0688
Vice
President and General Manager,

bmaffucci@kopin.com
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Richard Sneider, 508-824 6696
CFO
rsneider@kopin.com
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