All Luxexcel articles
-
ArticleMeta acquires 3D-printed ophthalmic lens company Luxexcel
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has discretely acquired Luxexcel, the supplier of 3D-printed prescription lenses, at the end of last year in a strategic move certainly aimed at enhancing the tech giant’s virtual reality (VR) portfolio. No official announcement was released by Meta but the investment, which ...
-
News briefs
Luxexcel partners with a reflective waveguide tech company
Luxexcel, the pioneering company specializing in the 3D-printing of prescription lenses, has announced a new partnership with Lumus, an Israel-based optics company producing AR transparent displays. Both partners have co-developed a prototype of a prescription lens that embeds a reflective waveguide and a projector and delivers high-quality images as the ...
-
News briefs
Luxexcel partners with Optiswiss on smart eyewear prescription lenses
Luxexcel, the supplier of 3D-printed solutions for prescription lenses, has announced a new partnership with Optiswiss in the area of 3D-printed smart eyewear. As part of the new deal, Luxexcel will provide the Swiss lens manufacturer with its technology and equipment, and Optiswiss will then 3D-print prescription lenses for Augmented ...
-
ArticleLuxexcel accelerates in smart prescription lenses
Luxexcel , the Dutch-based supplier of 3D-printed lenses, announced yesterday the launch of its new platform for the manufacturing of prescription lenses for smart glasses. The announcement comes only a few months after the company partnered with WaveOptics , a U.K-based supplier of waveguides. Called Vision Platform 7 , ...
-
News briefs
Snap buys WaveOptics for $500 million
Snap , the company behind the Snapchat application, is taking over WaveOptics , a U.K.-based supplier of waveguides for smart glasses, according to a report last week by The Verge . Evan Spiegel , CEO of SNAP, later confirmed the acquisition, adding that the company had been working with ...
-
ArticleLuxexcel and WaveOptics partner for smart eyewear to look like normal eyewear
Luxexcel , the Dutch pioneer in 3D-printing solutions for prescription lenses, unveiled last week some details about its partnership with WaveOptics , a designer of waveguides and light engines, during the online SPIE. AR, VR, MR conference. Earlier last month, both companies had already announced their ...
