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  • Zeiss
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    ZEISS launches new connected eye care service and screening device

    2025-02-04T09:01:00Z

    ZEISS Vision Care presented ZEISS EyeCare Network, a digital system connecting opticians and optometrists with ophthalmologists, and ZEISS VISUREF 1000, a new multifontion device at the recent opti trade show in Munich. 

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    Nuance Audio cleared to launch in both the US and the EU

    2025-02-03T08:50:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica has announced that it has received the FDA clearance for its over-the-counter Nuance Audio glasses and that is has also simultaneously received all the necessary authorizations, including the CE marking under the Medical Devices Regulation, to market the product in the European Union. Essilux has said that it ...

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    ZEISS Vision Care launches new coating and sun lens colors at opti

    2025-01-31T09:06:00Z

    ZEISS Vision Care is expanding its coating portfolio with the launch of ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV, a new lens coating in the premium-tier segment that the company says offers even greater cleanability and improved scratch resistance. The upgraded durability and scratch resistance is enabled by multiple densely packed metal oxide ...

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    Blue light specialist Eyesafe to enter the eyewear market

    2025-01-31T09:06:00Z

    Eyesafe, a US-based company that presents itself as “the world leader in blue light management”, has announced that it will launch Eyesafe Eyewear, its own line of blue light glasses. According to the company’s presentation, its product represents a breakthrough in quality and performance compared to any other glasses on ...

  • Laclarée
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    Laclarée could have commercial autofocals next year, thanks to seed round

    2025-01-31T07:43:00Z

    The French start-up adds a Chinese shareholder.

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    Meta developing smart glasses for Oakley – among other things

    2025-01-24T13:24:00Z

    Meta is working on a model of smart glasses designed for athletes and to be sold under the Oakley brand, according to Bloomberg. That something like this might occur we suggested back in September, when EssilorLuxottica and Meta announced their long-term partnership. We speculated at the time that the new ...

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    Marchon signs eyewear license with Kendra Scott

    2025-01-22T14:13:00Z

    Marchon Eyewear has announced the signature of a “long-term” eyewear license agreement with Kendra Scott, a brand of jewelry products and accessories based in Austin, Texas, and known for its design, material innovation and philantropy initiatives. The first collections – sunglasses and eyeglasses – will be available from September 2025 ...

  • Rokid Max
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    To see or not to see? Rokid seeks a middle way between AR and VR

    2025-01-21T10:27:00Z

    Rokid has been exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for years, but we’ve covered the company only once before, in April 2020. Back then police in China’s Zhejiang Province were wearing Rokid smart glasses for their thermal sensors, to gauge the skin temperature of people within a meter’s radius ...

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    Essilux to launch Nuance in Europe before the US?

    2025-01-16T16:16:00Z

    In an interview published by Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra last week, Stefano Genco, Global Head of Super Audio and Nuance Audio at EssilorLuxottica, said that the company has obtained the European CE certification for its Nuance hearing-aid glasses, as well as the group’s certification as hearing-aid manufacturer, earlier than ...

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    MiYOSMART and Stellest equally efficient in myopia control for European children, study concludes

    2025-01-16T09:32:00Z

    According to a new study published at the end of last year, HOYA’s and EssilorLuxottica’s myopia management lenses, respectively branded MiYOSMART and Stellest, are equally efficient to treat European children. Authors of the research stressed that this was the first such study as previous ones have focused on Asian children. ...

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    Familiar faces at the CES Awards for 2025

    2024-12-19T15:54:00Z

    The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced the winners of its CES Innovation Awards for 2025. Submissions were up 13 percent this time around – to 3,400 – and the number of AI-related submission was up by almost 50 percent. Below are the winners most relevant to the eyewear industry. ...

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    EssilorLuxottica and Prada renew multi-brand eyewear license

    2024-12-19T11:19:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica and Prada Group have announced the extension of their eyewear licensing agreement until Dec. 31, 2030, with the provision for renewal until the end of 2035. The current license was expiring at the end of next year. The partnership includes the design, production and worldwide distribution of eyewear under ...

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    Visibilia signs license agreement with Kappa

    2024-12-09T00:34:00Z

    Visibilia has announced the signature of an exclusive licence partnership with Kappa for the design, production and distribution of eyewear under the Italian sportswear brand. The first Kappa eyewear collections will be presented in August 2025 for delivery in the fourth quarter of the year. Kappa is a brand ...

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    iVision Tech launches smart glasses for visually impaired

    2024-12-06T08:55:00Z

    The glasses will be available online for €599 at the end of this year before their official presentation at the Mido trade show in February next year.

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    Ray-Ban Meta glasses gain AI in parts of Europe

    2024-11-21T10:17:00Z

    Meta has extended part of AI service for Ray-Ban Meta glasses to France, Italy, Ireland and Spain. Accordingly, the AI now works in French, Italian and Spanish as well as English. In particular, wearers can now ask the AI general questions, using their voice, and receive answers. They might ask ...

  • Apple - Baidu
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    Ray-Ban Meta inspiring competition

    2024-11-14T10:05:00Z

    Apple is exploring the exploring the territory, China’s Baidu already claiming a stake.

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    Paddington bear gets glasses

    2024-11-06T01:30:00Z

    In connection with the launch of “Paddington in Peru,” the new film based on the famous bear character, Coral Eyewear has announced the signature of a license partnership with STUDIOCANAL Kids & Family for the launch of a Paddington-branded collection of optical frames and sunglasses for children in the UK. ...

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    Charmant adds HEAD license to portfolio

    2024-11-06T01:30:00Z

    CHARMANT Group has announced the signature of an eyewear license partnership with HEAD, the brand of sports equipment. The global agreement includes the design, manufacture and distribution of optical frames and sunglasses under the HEAD brand. The first collections will be launched in autumn 2025. Best known for its racquet ...

  • Apple
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    Apple to turn AirPods into hearing aids

    2024-10-25T08:58:00Z

    This autumn, Apple will be releasing a software update that will turn the AirPods Pro 2 into a pair of hearing aids and a little more. According to the company, AirPods, with their in-ear seal and noise cancellation, can perform hearing tests in combination with an iPhone or iPad. For ...

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    Persol and Netflix partner in relation with Ayrton Senna documentary series

    2024-10-16T09:56:00Z

    Persol, a brand of EssilorLuxottica, is partnering with Netflix for the launch of three models – two pairs of sunglasses and one pair of eyeglasses – dedicated to Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna. The launch of the mini-collection coincides with the airing on Netflix from Nov. 29, 2024, of a ...