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Mondottica adds two luxury streetwear brands to portfolio
Mondottica Group has signed an eyewear license agreement with Off-White and Palm Angels, two luxury streetwear brands owned by Bluestar Alliance. The eyewear group presented its first collections for both brands at the recent Silmo show from Sept. 26 to 29 in Paris. Off-White’s unisex sunglasses and optical collections respectively ...
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News briefsOpenAI reportedly developing smart glasses
According to The Information, OpenAI, the company developing Chat GPT, is considering the launch of smart glasses as part of its broader strategy to develop hardware. The news outlet reported last week that OpenAI has signed a manufacturing partnership with Luxshare, an Apple supplier, to build its first consumer hardware ...
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PPG Optical launches non-methanol version of its HI-GARD coating
PPG Optical has announced the launch of a non-methanol version of its HI-GARD hard coating for 1.5 standard ophthalmic lenses, due to the toxicity of methanol. The company says that the new product offers the same scratch-resistant protection for plastic lens materials as existing HI-Gard solutions and that it is ...
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ArticleMeta introduces three products, hints at return to another
The first words of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s speech at Meta Connect 2025, held on Sept. 17-18, were “AI glasses and virtual reality.” Zuckerberg presented so holistic a view of this business line that he tied in a concept the company has been shying away from more or less since ...
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ArticleKering Eyewear and Valentino sign eyewear license as parent companies reframe acquisition deal
Kering Eyewear and Valentino, an Italian fashion brand owned by the Qatari investment fund Mayhoola, have announced the signature of a global eyewear license agreement. Effective Jan. 1, 2026, the eyewear subsidiary of French luxury group Kering will develop and distribute Valentino-branded sun and optical collections. “We are delighted to ...
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ArticleAmazon to join the AR glasses fray
Amazon is developing two AR glasses for two different use cases, The Information has first reported after speaking with people close to the matter. “Amelia”, the first model, is aimed at the online retail giant’s delivery drivers and will probably focus on itinerary guidance. It will reportedly be ready for ...
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ArticleTeam in Taiwan claims breakthrough in autofocals
A team of young researchers working under Lin Yi-hsin, Professor of photonics at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), has developed a gradient-index (GRIN) lens and put it into some eyewear. The result, the Taipei Times reports, is the world’s first pair of electronically tunable liquid crystal (LC) glasses ...
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RayNeo signs license deal with audio expert B&O for its AR eyewear
RayNeo, the TCL subsidiary focusing on augmented reality (AR) eyewear, has announced the signature of a global and long-term strategic licensing partnership with Bang & Olufsen, the famous Danish brand of high-end speakers. The Chinese-based company said that the combination of its products’ AR functionalities with Audio by Bang & ...
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ArticleTRIVEX more resistant than polycarbonate, PPG and HOYA research shows
PPG Optical says that a new study in collaboration with HOYA Vision Care showed that its TRIVEX lens material outperforms polycarbonate in terms of impact resistance. Earlier research had already shown the material’s superior performance in other areas, including weight, chemical resistance and optical clarity (Abbe value), the company stressed. ...
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News briefsZeiss renews partnership with Chinese smartphone brand
Zeiss – through Zeiss Mobile Imaging – has renewed the imaging partnership it established in 2020 with Vivo, the Chinese brand of Android smartphones. The companies will be expanding beyond smartphones to what they call a “comprehensive and open imaging ecosystem.” So far they have collaborated on lenses (Zeiss Optics), ...
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Authentic Brands Group acquires Guess? IP
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has announced the acquisition of a controlling ownership interest in “substantially all of the intellectual property of Guess?.” Practically, the US group is acquiring a 51 percent stake in a new entity that will take over Guess? intellectual property, with the remaining 49 percent owned by ...
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ArticleMeta to release commercial AR glasses by September?
Hypernova smart glasses could come out earlier and cost less than rumors have been suggesting. But where does EssilorLuxottica fit in?
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AI glasses from another smartphone company
Taiwanese smart-phone brand HTC is entering the market for smart glasses, with the Vive Eagle. This model is available for order but going on sale on Sept. 1, in Taiwan only, at a price of 15,600 Taiwan new dollars (€444). Originally a VR platform developed by HTC and a company ...
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Xiaomi sells 50,000 AI smart glasses within three days of launch
The South China Morning Post and several other Asian news outlets have reported that consumer electronics group Xiaomi sold 50,000 units of its AI smart glasses within the first three days following the product’s launch on June 26. As we previously reported, Xiaomi’s glasses have a 12 megapixel, ultra-wide camera; ...
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ArticleChina’s e-tail giant to produce smart glasses
Alibaba Group Holding has introduced its first pair of AI smart glasses, as we’ve learned from the South China Morning Post (which Alibaba owns). The Quark AI Glasses, as they’re called, made their debut at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), an annual event in Shanghai since 2018, held this ...
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ArticleLarge-scale and 'real-life' French study confirms Miyosmart and Stellest efficiency
A large-scale research project by KRYS Group and the Poitiers university hospital involving a total of over 7,500 children aged 4 to 15 in France concluded that Essilor’s and Hoya’s myopia management lenses efficiently slowed down myopia progression, confirming prior clinical trial results announced by both lens makers. The detailed ...
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Safilens initial research shows 85% myopia progression reduction for Delivery Tyro
Safilens has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed article in the Opthalmology and Therapy international scientific journal about the results of a research study on its Delivery Tyro daily disposable contact lenses. The research was conducted for a 12-month period with 241 myopic children aged 14.7 years on average, in ...
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Safilo adds Victoria Beckham to license portfolio
Safilo Group has announced the signing of a new ten-year eyewear license agreement with Victoria Beckham. The partnership includes the design, manufacture and global distribution of Victoria Beckham-branded women optical frames and sunglasses until 2035. The brand was previously licensed to Marchon Eyewear. Originally a member of British pop ...
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ArticleSmart glasses from Xiaomi, or eyewear as consumer electronics
The Chinese company Xiaomi is entering the market for smart glasses, having introduced the “next-generation personal smart gadget” on June 26 at an event of its own, called “Human x Car x Home,” as the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports. We had been wondering about this since 2021. The ...
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EssilorLuxottica among TIME 100 most influential companies
EssilorLuxottica was selected by TIME magazine as one of the hundred most influential companies in 2025. The eyewear industry behemoth was included in the “Innovators” list, one of five categories in TIME’s annual ranking along with “Disrupters,” “Leaders,” “Titans” and “Pioneers.” EssilorLuxottica’s inclusion in the list primarily owes to ...
