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ArticleSynsam aims to expand international outreach with “major” investment in Haaland partnership
Synsam Group is partnering with Norwegian football star Erling Haaland for the launch of an eyewear collection including prescription eyewear, sunglasses and sport glasses. The Erlind Haaland Eyewear Collection-branded range will include a total of 64 different frames for women, men and children, as well as a capsule collection of ...
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Apple AI glasses reportedly coming in four acetate designs, many colors
Apple plans to release its AI glasses in four designs – rectangular and oval/round, each in large and slim sizes – with many color options, according to a recent Bloomberg report. The frames will reportedly use acetate for a higher-quality feel than the thermoplastic in Ray-Ban Meta glasses. They will ...
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Snap’s Specs signs long-term partnership with Qualcomm
Specs, the smart eyewear subsidiary of Snap, has signed a multi-year partnership with Qualcomm Technologies, a leading US-based multinational semiconductor and wireless technology company. “Through long-term strategic roadmap alignment and technical collaboration, both companies will work together to rapidly bring industry-leading capabilities to the Specs platform, including on-device AI, ...
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ArticleRay-Ban Meta Optics expected to widen consumer adoption, protect Essilux margins
Meta and EssilorLuxottica have officially announced two new Ray‑Ban Meta AI glasses, just days after FCC filings sparked media speculation, including in our publication. Called Ray‑Ban Meta Blayzer Optics (Gen 2) and Scriber Optics (Gen 2), the new products are described in the partners’ press release as “optical‑first styles designed ...
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ArticleNew Essilux-Meta glasses on the way, FCC filings suggest
The grantee known to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as 2AYOA, and to us as Luxottica Group, has filed documents pertaining to what appear to be two new models of Ray-Ban smart glasses – as reported first by Janko Roettgers’ Lowpass newsletter and then by Road to VR and ...
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Mondottica Group signs new eyewear licence with Italian men’s fashion brand
Mondottica Group and Antony Morato are partnering to launch the first eyewear collection under the Italian men’s fashion brand. It features four models available in ten colors that will exclusively be available at Antony Morato’s stores and e-commerce website for the first season, before expansion to online and offline wholesale channels and travel retail. Founded in 2007 and operating in ...
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ArticleAI startup takes aim at eyewear e-tail shortcomings
Eyvero.AI, a Balkans-based IT startup, is launching several AI-powered tools, covering areas such as virtual try-on, or rather “anatomic immersion” as the company puts it, progressive lens fitting analysis, and the creation of digital frame images and marketing materials. Eyvero.AI was founded by Artem Yukhnovskiy and Vladimir Meniailenko, two ...
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ArticleVSP Vision announces Innovation Challenge winners and finalists
The VSP Vision Innovation Challenge at this year’s Vision Expo – organized by RX and The Vision Council in collaboration with VSP Vision – has yielded two winners and two finalists, all start-ups. They not only pitched live but also exhibited at Vision Expo’s new Innovation Center, a showcase for ...
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ArticleLeading electronics ODM and Ray-Ban Meta supplier to form lens JV with Asahi Lite
Goertek Optical, a subsidiary of Goertek, a leading Chinese original design manufacturer and components supplier for smart hardware, is about to form a joint venture with Asahi Lite, as we have just learned. The announcement was made a few weeks ago by Conant Optical, the Chinese-based lens manufacturer that fully ...
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ArticleNIDEK modernizes refraction with lens-free, open-field system
In daily life, people naturally have an open-field vision environment with their two eyes open, so shouldn’t it be the same when they have their visual acuity checked? The answer to that question lies at the heart of PHANTOM, NIDEK’s new refraction system, with which the company is aiming to ...
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Mondottica International launches shape-memory eyewear brand
Mondottica International is launching ReForm Eyewear, a new brand of shape-memory eyewear, across its global distribution network. Originally inspired by the swimming goggle, ReForm Eyewear’s frames are made from a new castor oil-derived flexible polyamide, enabling the glasses to return to their original shape, whatever distortions the frames are submitted ...
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EssilorLuxottica and Dolce&Gabbana renew partnership until 2050
EssilorLuxottica and Dolce&Gabbana have renewed their eyewear license partnership until 2050, an exceptionally long duration for such a deal. As is customary, the collaboration encompasses the development, production and global distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses under the fashion brand name. “We are very proud of this new agreement, which ...
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Alcon tops 175 million IOL units
Alcon has announced that more than 175 million of its intraocular lenses (IOLs) have been implanted globally since it started offering them about thirty years ago. The tally includes over 6 million units of the company’s latest generation of presbyopia-correcting IOLs, notably PanOptix (4 million) and Vivity (2 million). ...
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SightGlass Vision presents two new DOT lenses studies
SightGlass Vision, the joint venture between CooperVision and EssilorLuxottica, presented the results of two new clinical studies on its DOT myopia management lenses at the 2025 Netherlands Contact Lens Congress on March 9, 2025. Based on two different 12-month clinical trials – one in North America with Caucasian ...
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Alain Afflelou launches audio glasses private label
Alain Affelou is launching Magic Connect, a pair of modular audio glasses, across its retail network in France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg and Portugal. Weighing 30 grams and connected by Bluetooth to a nearby smartphone, the glasses integrate touch pads, speakers and a microphone for audio functionalities such as placing ...
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Rokid bolsters open AI glasses ecosystem with Gemini integration
Rokid has announced the addition of the integration of Gemini, Google’s AI agent, in the international version of its Rokid Glasses which already support Open AI, ChatGPT, DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Qwen. The update enables users to switch between models for tasks such as real-time translation and multimodal interactions. “By bridging ...
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ArticleReported Meta-Essilux arm-wrestling on AI glasses pricing highlights diverging priorities
Meta and EssilorLuxottica are working through disagreements over the pricing and promotion strategy of their Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses, with the tech giant pushing for lower prices and the eyewear group pushing in the opposite direction, according to “people familiar with the matter” quoted by Bloomberg News earlier this week. ...
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News briefsSmart glasses a no-no in California court
A judge threatened Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others on Feb. 18 with charges of contempt of court should they use their Ray-Ban Meta glasses to record the proceedings, according to Forbes. Apparently, Zuckerberg and at least some of his personnel entered the court wearing the smart glasses. At issue ...
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Vuzix adds 'native' Teams, Zoom to enterprise smart glasses portfolio
Vuzix is expanding its enterprise smart glasses portfolio with the launch of Remote Assist, a new deployment featuring native Microsoft Teams and Zoom software for hands-free remote assistance. The so-called deployment kits – including the company’s LX1 or M400 smart glasses, pre-loaded software and accessories – are meant to facilitate ...
