May 14, 2022
QD Laser, Inc.

QD Laser to first show the laser retinal imaging camera dubbed“Retissa Super Capture” in the United Statesat 37th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
・QD Laser, Inc. (Headquarters: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President & CEO: Mitsuru
Sugawara, Securities Code: 6613) first shows the laser retinal imaging camera dubbed "Retissa
Super Capture" at the 37th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference held at Marriott
Hotel in Anaheim, California, USA, on March 14th to 18th.
・RETISSAⓇ SUPER CAPTURE is an epoch-making device that improves the visibility of many
low-vision and elderly by attaching a laser retinal imaging viewfinder developed by QD Laser toa digital camera of Sony Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO:
Kimio Maki, Securities Code: 6758).
・Both companies exhibit the device at each booth with the resonating will of Sony to “Create aworld with no limitations” through the activity to enhance accessibility and QD Laser to "Illuminate
people's possibilities" through the development of retinal imaging technology.
・QD Laser is to open a US EC site and start accepting reservations for the equipment.
QD Laser has continued to take on the challenge of expanding the possibilities of humankind in the three areas of
supporting the visually impaired, prevention of eye diseases, and visual expansion using its unique laser retinal
imaging technology (VISIRIUM® Technology). To date, QD Laser has commercialized the medical device
RETISSA® Medical to correct the visual acuity of the low vision with refractive errors. It also shipped the consumer
device RETISSA® Display, which lets the wearer see beautiful images regardless of the focus adjustment function,with more than 700 units in total [Note 1].
To further accelerate the social implementation of this unique technology, QD Laser has developed the laser retinal
imaging camera dubbed "RETISSA Ⓡ SUPER CAPTURE" to unveil it for the first time in the United States.
RETISSAⓇ SUPER CAPTURE is an epoch-making device that improves the visibility of many low-vision and theelderly by attaching a laser retinal imaging viewfinder developed by QD Laser to a Sony’s digital camera [Note 2](Reference Photo. 1).
The CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, held annually in March by CSUN (California State University,Northridge), is the world's largest conference and the exhibition on accessibility technology [Note 3]. Thousands ofthe handicapped, teachers, students, vendors, organizations, government officials gather at this conference. At thesame time, leading-edge IT platformers in the United States showcase cutting-edge technologies and activities related
to accessibility.

Both companies exhibit the device at each booth with the resonating will of Sony to “Creating a worldwith no limitations” through the activity to enhance accessibility and QD Laser to "Illuminate people's possibilities"
through the development of retinal imaging technology.

The exhibitions and announcements of both companies are as
follows:・ QD Laser Booth # 1006: Visitors can experience the latest
prototype of Sony’s compact digital still camera DSC-HX99
equipped with the QD Laser-produced latest ultra-compact laser
retinal imaging viewfinder. Visitors will experience its portability
leading to moving freely and shooting enjoyment.
・Sony booth # 1003: Visitors will experience Sony's full-frame
mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera Alpha 7 IV equipped with a(a)QD Laser-produced laser retinal imaging viewfinder.
・Video:" Sony booth display With My Eyes #3 video entitled "Discovering a World of My Own" with English subtitles and audio
guides[Note 4].
・Presentation (40 minutes from 16:20 on March 16th, US time):
QD Laser will give a presentation at the conference session. The talkincludes the principle of laser retinal imaging, vision improvement,
and safety based on Japanese and European clinical trials, features(b)of laser retinal projection camera RETISSAⓇ SUPER CAPTURE,
and how to use it. Q & A session follows the detailed presentation.
QD Laser will open a US EC site, start accepting reservations forequipment

andpromotemarket

penetration

andsocial

implementation. The outline of the EC site is as follows:

Reference Photo. 1

Sony's (a) compact

digital still camera, and (b) mirrorlessinterchangeable-lenscamera,

bothequipped with a QD Laser-produced laser
retinal imaging viewfinder.

・QD Laser Official EC Site Home Page
・Retissa Super Capture product page
[NOTE １]
QD Laser Quarterly Financial Results Briefing 3rd Quarter of FY2021.
https://contents.xj-storage.jp/xcontents/AS81911/80c1ed71/1d24/4927/8b49/4ea8efb519c8/140120220209584674.pdf[NOTE ２]QD Laser’s release on "Commercialization of three new laser retinal projection devices" (in Japanese)
https://www.qdlaser.com/uploads/2021/12/20211214-1.pdf[NOTE 3]37th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/2022/index.php/public/website_pages/view/1[NOTE ４]QD Laser launched a project dubbed "With My Eyes" to change the "difficult to see" of low vision people who have visualinconvenience even when wearing corrective glasses into "Better or More to see." In the course of the project activity, QD
Laser released the video of With My Eyes #3 under the support of Sony Corporation, where low vision para swimmer Kota
Shimizu carries "RETISSA SUPER CAPTURE" and sees the sea with his own eyes. He said, "I saw the size of the oceanthat stretched forever and the colorful world under the sea through the device!" The video features how he has come tonotice what seeing indicates.

The video title and URL for each episode are as follows:
With My Eyes #1 “Photographs by low vision people.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C6k0gnUILs
With My Eyes #2 “Let's go see the invisible world.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUF63XEIiEWith
My Eyes #3 "Discovering a World of My Own."
https://youtu.be/lp6a5h6UfxA【Contact Info】

QD Laser Inc., Visual Information Device Laser Division
Email:retissa@qdlaser.com