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ArticleTPI’s design software becomes a product
We last met with Tech Print Industries (TPI) in Milan, at the Mido trade show of 2024. On that occasion co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Marc Notenboom related what his company could do with some tweaked 3D printers from HP and some proprietary CAD software: namely, produce frames of any ...
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Charmant supports its German clients from France
As part of the reorganization of its European operations, Charmant has restructured its customer support arrangements for the German market. Since Oct. 1, the group’s French business has been handling customer service to German opticians. On Sept. 30, the group discontinued the operations of its Germany subsidiary Charmant GmbH Europe, ...
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Meta plans to raise $95bn through stock offerings to spur AI growth
Meta Platforms plans to raise up to $95 billion through stock issuances to finance its AI build-up. The parent of Facebook and Instagram said it is launching public offerings of around $35 billion in common stock and convertible preferred stock. The company also plans to launch an approximately $60 billion ...
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ArticleVive Eagle – HTC pitches privacy in AI at Silmo
Like other companies in our industry, HTC believes that eyewear just might succeed the smartphone as the key to the kingdom of smart computing. According to Thomas Dexmier, HTC’s Associate VP for EMEA of Business Development and Enterprise Solutions, the trick is to ensure that the key is socially acceptable ...
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Alibaba launches its Qwen Glasses N1 in China
Alibaba launched its new generation of smart glasses in China. The Qwen Glasses N1 series is retailing within the same price range as the market leader, Ray-Ban Meta. Before discounts, the glasses are sold at 2,999 yuan renminbi (€399) a pair, while a pro version, with eye-tracking capability, retails at ...
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Essilor’s Stellest lenses are one of Time’s best inventions of 2026
Essilor announced that its Stellest lenses have been named as one of Time’s best inventions of 2026 in the Health & Wellness category. In September 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration granted De Novo market authorization to Essilor Stellest lenses in September 2025, making them the first and only ...
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Viewpointsystem presents low-consumption eye-tracking system
Viewpointsystem said that it launching a complete image-based eye-tracking pipeline that runs directly on an ultra-low-power microcontroller (MCU) inside the glasses frame ”Until now, power consumption, heat generation and limited space have made it difficult to bring eye tracking into lightweight smart glasses, ” according to the Austrian company. Viewpointsystem’ ...
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ArticleTwo smart glasses makers take a frame-first approach
Most smart glasses on the market were designed by technology companies, naturally putting technology first and then looking for an acceptable form factor: frames that look like frames and don’t weigh too heavily on the nose. The largest players have recognized the limits of that approach and turned to the ...
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Marcolin renews its licensing agreement with Timberland
Marcolin renewed its licensing agreement with TBL Licensing for the design, production and worldwide distribution of Timberland sunglass and optical frames for another five years, through 2031. Timberland Eyewear is available at select Timberland stores and independent retail stores worldwide, as well as at e-commerce retailers and opticians. The Italian ...
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ArticleVisionLab launches the commercialization of lenses produced with IOT's Light-Form Technology
VisionLab, a Spanish chain, is the first retailer to commercialize lenses produced using Light-Form Technology, a new process for the manufacturing of ophthalmic lenses developed by Indizen Optical Technologies (IOT), a Spanish technology company specializing in advanced optical innovation. “Becoming the first retailer in the world to bring ...
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DryEye Rescue becomes the US distributor of ScoutPro
DryEye Rescue is now the exclusive distributor of ScoutPro in the US, with Bausch + Lomb continuing direct sales. ”The announcement builds on years of collaboration between DryEye Rescue and Bausch + Lomb across the over-the-counter products practices already order, and more recently Bausch + Lomb’s prescription line through DryEye ...
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ArticleInnovative Eyewear’s Q3 revenues up by 55%
Innovative Eyewear, a US developer of smart eyewear under the Lucyd, Lucyd Armor, Reebok, Nautica and Eddie Bauer brands, reported preliminary third quarter net sales of $1.04 million, up by 55 percent year-over-year and its highest quarterly revenue to date, marking 13 consecutive quarters of growth. For the nine months ...
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ArticleNorway plans a ban on smart glasses in selected public places
The Norwegian Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance announced that the government plans to rapidly introduce a temporary ban on the use of smart glasses in specific public places before introducing permanent regulation on wearable technology. The ministry refers to the smart glasses as AI glasses (KI-briller in Norwegian). “I ...
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Cellid lines up Japanese partners to bring AR glasses to market
Tokyo-based Cellid has announced two Japanese partnerships to bring AR glasses to market. The company makes waveguide display modules, the thin, see-through lens component that projects digital images into the wearer’s view, as well as spatial recognition software. It also supplies reference designs, working prototype glasses that device makers can ...
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ArticleNuance Audio’s challenger hits the US market with HOYA’s PENTAX as lens partner
The competition EssilorLuxottica’s Nuance Audio was set to face, as we reported last month, is now reaching the market. Boston-based startup Legato has made its Legato Frames hearing glasses available for purchase in the US, the first of the new entrants to move. The offer Legato Frames are over-the-counter hearing ...
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News briefsXpanceo partners with polymer firm Contamac
Xpanceo, toiling for the past several years to develop smart contact lenses, has established a partnership with Contamac, the self-described “world’s largest manufacturer of contact and intraocular lens materials.” Headquartered in Essex (UK), with offices in Grand Junction (Colorado) and Shanghai, Contamac develops “specialist polymers and biocompatible materials” for medical ...
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News briefsVuzix offering configurable waveguide displays
Vuzix has begun shipping evaluation units of a “configurable waveguide display platform” called Shrike. Customers can decide on a configuration before building it into a product. Shrike is designed for defense, security and emergency response. It can provide the wearer with “mission information” and situational awareness and help to operate ...
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ArticleLaclarée adjusts its plans for commercialization
Over the past two years the French start-up Laclarée has hired a new CEO, Franck Leclere, raised €3.5 million in a seed round, and welcomed a new shareholder, venture fund Rimonci Capital. Plans to commercialize the company’s autofocals have in that time been evolving. The release was originally to occur ...
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ArticleZEISS launches new myopia control lens lens built on “dynamic signal” approach
ZEISS Vision Care has introduced ZEISS MyoActive, a myopia management spectacle lens for children, outside China. It is the first lens to apply what the company calls Dynamic Signal Theory. ZEISS announced the lens on October 1 and claims it delivers the highest average efficacy of any myopia control spectacle ...
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Topcon adds glaucoma screening dashboard to Harmony in EMEA
Topcon Healthcare plans to make Glaucoma Screening DS (Decision Support) available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of version 3.12 of Harmony, its cloud-based data management platform for eye care. The optional dashboard combines OCT scans, visual field results and other clinical data into a single score ...
