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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 20,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix®
Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a
leading supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality (AR)
technology and products, today announced the general availability
of Vuzix Z100™ smart glasses, priced at just $499. The Z100 smart glasses provide users
with the heads-up information display they expect from an everyday
wearable. Vuzix Z100 pairs seamlessly via Bluetooth to Android and
IOS smart phones that are running the newly-upgraded Vuzix Connect
mobile application version 1.7, which pushes real-time information
to the glasses, including notifications, updates, and
messaging.
Vuzix Z100 smart glasses pack industry-defining heads-up
waveguide technology into a sleek, fashionable form factor that
weighs in at just 38 grams – the weight of a standard pair of
glasses. Running up to 48 hours on a single charge, they deliver a
crisp, transparent, monochrome image that can deliver important
information hands-free while providing a natural AI delivery
interface.
For enterprise users, these safety glasses-certified smart
glasses are made for all day comfort. Using them, frontline workers
can get a human-centered connection to AI and work process
applications, receiving critical updates, convenient workflow and
task confirmations, and instant notifications in real time, all
while wearing a pair of sleek, attractive glasses. Vuzix Z100 smart
glasses can augment the data feeds from finger scanners, sensors,
controllers, and other equipment making that data available in a
new and highly accessible format. Users can now have their
workflows displayed in the heads-up display, providing
human-centered outputs and real-time updates.
With the Vuzix Connect mobile app, wearers can easily configure
their Vuzix Z100 smart glasses to show notifications from many of
their smartphone apps, making reading texts and direct messages
from social apps easy and instantaneous. The upgraded Vuzix
Connect mobile app now comes with a teleprompter feature, and
provides a fitness application to help meet exercise milestones.
Users can run or bike while monitoring their pace, and even their
step counts while walking. Having this information readily in view
is safer and more effective than having to look at a fitness watch,
especially when enjoying outdoor sports. In addition, other apps
can still be tracking and recording a workout while the Connect app
is displaying these training metrics. The Android version of the
Vuzix Connect mobile app can also be configured to display
turn-by-turn directions from Google maps. Once again, this is
critical when walking or cycling, when it's inconvenient and unsafe
to be continually looking down at the phone.
The Vuzix Connect mobile app also features a translation and
transcription engine. This allows the wearer to see the text
of what others around them are saying, just like watching closed
captioning on a television, even if the conversation is in a
different language. Unlike using these features on a smartphone,
the wearer can remain engaged in the conversation, instead of
focusing on their phone.
"The Z100 takes AI/AR smart glasses to the next level, providing
individuals with a hands-free AI interface that is
indistinguishable from a traditional pair of glasses,"
said Paul Travers, President and Chief Executive Officer at
Vuzix. "The Z100 is an attractive, lightweight, and
cost-effective way to augment current workflows with AI
optimization software, inside a device that people will enjoy
wearing all day, every day and it is built and priced with the
broad market white label customer in mind."
For more information on Vuzix Z100 smart glasses, please
visit: https://www.vuzix.com/products/z100-smart-glasses
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of AI
driven Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and
products for the enterprise, medical, defense and consumer markets.
The Company's products include head-mounted smart personal display
and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable
high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility,
wearable displays and augmented reality, as well OEM waveguide
optical components and display engines. Vuzix holds more than 400
patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the fields
of optics, head-mounted displays, and the augmented reality
wearables field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or
CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2024 and several
wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in
1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in:
Rochester, NY; and Kyoto and Okayama, Japan. For more
information, visit the Vuzix website, Twitter and Facebook
pages.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer
Certain statements contained in this news release are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities
laws. Forward looking statements contained in this release relate
to Vuzix Z100 Smart Glasses, its features and capabilities, and
among other things the Company's leadership in the Smart Glasses
and AR display industry. They are generally identified by words
such as "believes," "may," "expects," "anticipates," "should" and
similar expressions. Readers should not place undue reliance on
such forward-looking statements, which are based upon the Company's
beliefs and assumptions as of the date of this release. The
Company's actual results could differ materially due to risk
factors and other items described in more detail in the "Risk
Factors" section of the Company's Annual Reports and MD&A filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
applicable Canadian securities regulators (copies of which may be
obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). Subsequent events and
developments may cause these forward-looking statements to change.
The Company specifically disclaims any obligation or intention to
update or revise these forward-looking statements as a result of
changed events or circumstances that occur after the date of this
release, except as required by applicable law.
Vuzix Media and Investor Relations Contact:
Ed McGregor, Director of Investor
Relations,
Vuzix Corporation
ed_mcgregor@vuzix.com
Tel: (585) 359-5985
Vuzix Corporation, 25 Hendrix Road, West Henrietta, NY 14586 USA,
Investor Information – IR@vuzix.com www.vuzix.com
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