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ArticleMeta to provide glimpse of a second line of AR glasses
There is a push within Meta to prepare a demonstration of the company’s first “true” augmented-reality (AR) glasses at its forthcoming show for third-party developers, Connect, scheduled for the autumn. The news comes from Business Insider, which has spoken to “two people familiar with the plans,” confirming their identities and ...
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News briefsTooz and Chinese firm introduce AR vision correction
Tooz and North Ocean Photonics have developed a planar diffractive waveguide with integrated vision correction for augmented-reality (AR) glasses. They introduced their product in prototype a few days ago at San Francisco’s Photonics West SPIE trade show, a hardware showcase for augmented, virtual and mixed reality. Tooz is the in-house ...
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ArticleAI comes to Meta and Ray-Ban’s smart glasses
Meta is providing “early access” in the US to multimodal AI in the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses – the equivalent of a beta launch for software. The company is seeking feedback from customers, presumably to help tune the AI. Customers can opt in through the latest version of the Meta ...
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ArticleSmart glasses win at CES 2024
Four pairs of smart-eyewear are among the winners of the latest Innovation Awards from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), whose 2024 edition is scheduled for Jan. 9-12, 2024, in Las Vegas. Ampere First up – in alphabetical order by company – is Dusk Rx, which the producer, Ampere, describes as ...
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ArticleAmazon smart eyewear range upgrade includes Safilo partnership
Amazon has announced the upgrading of its smart eyewear collection with the launch of seven new styles, including five Echo Frames models, its proprietary brand, and two designs by Carrera, a house brand of Safilo Group. It is the first time that the Italian eyewear company partners with Amazon. All ...
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ArticleTooz smart eyewear keeps focus on optical engines and scalability
After many years of teasing, spectacular announcements and some renouncements by industry players, smart glasses are now on the verge of fulfilling their initial promises and entering the mass consumer market. All of a sudden, it seems like an entire industry is in the starting blocks as years of research ...
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ArticleVuzix OEM consumer smart eyewear business enters countdown phase
Vuzix’ management was not short of images, martial or witty, to describe the state of its business to its shareholders during the annual meeting held at the group’s headquarters last week: shipping boats, battleships, a dog and even a frog helped to convey the company’s expectations for its imminent takeoff, ...
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Tooz presents smart glasses with individual vision correction at trade show
Tooz, the smart glasses unit of the Zeiss Group, will showcase its prescription smart glasses at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) USA trade show starting today and lasting until June 2 in Santa Clara, California. The complete customer experience will be presented at its booth where visitors will be able ...
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Vuzix bullish about smart eyewear adoption by fashion glasses brands
Presenting its Q1 financial results earlier this week, smart glasses manufacturer Vuzix gave an update on the development of its Vuzix Ultralite OEM platform which the company said had an array of customers lining up, across different sectors. These include fashion glasses companies but also companies in the sporting goods, ...
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ArticleVuzix opens European HQ, banks on OEM platform for consumer smart eyewear
U.S.-based smart eyewear manufacturer Vuzix has announced the opening of a new office in Munich, Germany, to expand its business in Europe. The new office, established at Vuzix Europe GmbH, will serve the EU region as well as the Middle East and Africa. It will also operate with a global ...
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News briefsMiami eyewear company invites you to ditch the keyboard
Innovative Eyewear has both released an app for its smart eyewear and filed for a patent in the U.S. for the app’s software. Available for both the iOS and Android operating systems, the Lucyd app provides a vocal interface for chatbots, such as ChatGPT. “The user can ask questions to ...
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Vuzix reports weakeking sales and widening loss for 2022
Vuzix, the U.S.-based manufacturer of AR smart glasses for professionals, has announced a 10 percent year-on-year revenue drop to $11.8 million for 2022. Beyond the challenging macroeconomic environment and supply chain issues, the decrease was attributed to a reduction in overall unit sales, higher discounts to resellers and negative currency ...
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ArticleInnovative Eyewear and ABG partner in smart audio glasses
Innovative Eyewear, a U.S.-based company specializing on smart eyewear with embedded audio technology, announced at the end of 2022 the signature of a new multi-year global license agreement to develop and market smart glasses under the Eddie Bauer brand. The first range is slated for launch in the course of ...
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ArticleTCL and others unveil new smart glasses at the CES show
According to research company Market Research Future, the market for AR and VR smart glasses is expected to grow at an annual average of 13.5 percent until 2030, reaching $26 billion for the 2022-2030 period. Aside from tech giants such as Google, Apple, and Meta, which recently acquired 3D-printed ophthalmic ...
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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 ...
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ArticleEssilux partners with Polimi on €50 m smart eyewear R&D center
EssilorLuxottica and Politecnico di Milano, or Polimi as it is often called, have announced the launch of a joint R&D partnership focusing on the development of smart glasses and related technologies. Dubbed Smart Eyewear Lab and located in Milan, Italy, the project will initially last five years and will eventually ...
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ArticleFacebook and Ray-Ban launch their first smart eyewear
About a year after they first announced their partnership, Facebook and Ray-Ban presented last Thursday their first range of smart glasses, called Ray-Ban Stories. Based on the most popular Ray-Ban designs, including the iconic Wayfarer and Wayfarer Large, and available in five color variations, the Ray-Ban Stories embark an optimized ...
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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 ...
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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 , ...
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ArticleEssilux opens smart eyewear innovation center in France
EssilorLuxottica announced earlier this week the creation of a smart eyewear innovation center in France. Located at the group’s production site in Dijon, the new Smart Eyewear Technologies Center aims at reinforcing the company’s expertise and expanding its capabilities in electrochromic – electronically-powered and automated change of the ...
