LG Innotek's 'Nexlide C+' wins CES Innovation Award

Module creates two distinct 3D images depending on viewing angle

Set for launch next year with global automaker promotions planned

LG Display's human-like 'Real Face Display' also draws attention

LG Innotek's next-generation automotive lighting module, the Nexlide C+, has won a CES 2027 Innovation Award. [LG Innotek]
LG Innotek's next-generation automotive lighting module, the Nexlide C+, has won a CES 2027 Innovation Award. [LG Innotek]

LG Innotek announced Tuesday that its next-generation automotive lighting module, the Nexlide C+, has won a CES 2027 Innovation Award. The recognition marks the third consecutive year — from 2025 through 2027 — that the Nexlide series has received the honor, cementing the company's standing in automotive lighting technology.

LG Innotek plans to showcase the Nexlide C+ alongside other next-generation automotive lighting modules and key products for physical AI applications — including autonomous driving and humanoid robots — at CES 2027 in January next year.

Nexlide is LG Innotek's proprietary brand of next-generation flexible automotive lighting modules, combining the company's original optical design with advanced materials technology.

The award-winning Nexlide C+'s key strength is its ability to produce two or more distinct 3D images from a single lighting module. The same module displays a diagonal pattern when viewed from the left and a vertical pattern when viewed from the right, creating a dynamic, three-dimensional effect that shifts with the viewing angle.

"Automotive lighting has evolved from a simple signaling tool into a core element that defines the design competitiveness of finished vehicle brands," an LG Innotek official said. "The utility of lighting technology capable of generating diverse light patterns — like the Nexlide C+ — will only grow."

At under 3 millimeters thick, the Nexlide C+ is an ultra-slim product that can be installed not only on exterior surfaces such as taillights and front grille lighting, but also in tight interior spaces as ambient mood lighting.

LG Innotek said it is the first in the world to apply a "directional angle film" and a "3D micro-optic pattern film" to an ultra-slim flat light source module. The directional angle film precisely controls the direction of light to produce different images at different angles, while the 3D micro-optic pattern film makes images appear three-dimensional even on a flat surface.

The two films measure just 0.16 millimeters and 0.13 millimeters thick, respectively. Conventional lighting modules required multiple components — plastic lenses, reflectors and the like — to achieve varied lighting effects, resulting in bulkier designs.

By replacing those components with films, LG Innotek has reduced the overall thickness of the lighting module, giving automakers greater design freedom. The company plans to launch the Nexlide C+ in 2027 and will begin promotions targeting global automakers and parts suppliers.

LG Display's world-first humanoid robot-dedicated Real Face Display has won a CES 2027 Innovation Award. [LG Display]
LG Display's world-first humanoid robot-dedicated Real Face Display has won a CES 2027 Innovation Award. [LG Display]

LG Display also won a CES 2027 Innovation Award for the world's first humanoid robot-dedicated Real Face Display. The product minimizes the uncanny quality associated with robots by giving them a natural, human-like appearance and lifelike facial expressions.

Using its own proprietary technology, LG Display achieves nuanced facial expressions through software control alone, with no additional hardware or structural modifications required. Built-in eye-tracking technology allows the robot's expressions and gaze to respond naturally to a user's position and line of sight. The display also renders vivid expressions during emotional exchanges and switches to a sharp, high-readability screen when conveying information.


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