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Vuzix is a company based in New York that has developed a lot of waveguide-based "AR" glasses. They are not very useful.
'''Vuzix''' is a company in New York that sells [[waveguide]]-based head-mounted displays. It has developed waveguide-based optical see through glasses touted as having [[augmented reality]] capability.
 
Vuzix was previously named Icuiti.
 
Vuzix is a publicly traded company. [[Intel]] bought about a 30 percent stake in Vuzix for about 25 million dollars.<ref name="i814">{{cite web | last=Ltd | first=SPIE Europe | title=Intel invests in Google Glass rival | website=optics.org - The Business of Photonics | url=https://optics.org/news/6/1/2 | access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref>
 
==Products==
[[File:Wrap 1200DXAR.png|thumb|Vuzix 1200DXAR]]
* [[iWear VR920]]
* iWear AV920<ref name="p044"/>
* iWear AV310 Widescreen<ref name="p044"/>
* iWear AV230 XL+<ref name="p044"/>
* iWear AV230<ref name="p044"/>
* iWear IP230<ref name="p044"/>
* iWear DV920<ref name="p044"/>
* iWear M920<ref name="p044"/>
* Wrap 230<ref name="p044"/>
* Wrap 310<ref name="p044">{{cite web | title=Discontinued Products | website=vuzix.com | date=2012-04-12 | url=http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/discontinued_products.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522150114/http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/discontinued_products.html | archive-date=2012-05-22 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref>
* Wrap 310XL<ref name="c029">{{cite web | title=3D Videos: Side-by-Side Format | website=vuzix.com | date=2012-01-07 | url=http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/3d_games_videos.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514183146/http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/3d_games_videos.html | archive-date=2012-05-14 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref>
* [[Vuzix Wrap 920]]<ref name="c029"/>
* Wrap 920AR<ref name="c029"/>
* Wrap 1200<ref name="c029"/>
* Vuzix Wrap 1200VR<ref name="a437">{{cite web | title=Wayback Machine | website=vuzix.com | date=2012-02-16 | url=http://www.vuzix.com/site/_news/2011_News/vuzix-wrap-1200VR-availability-release.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317125016/http://www.vuzix.com/site/_news/2011_News/vuzix-wrap-1200VR-availability-release.pdf | archive-date=2012-03-17 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref>
* [[Vuzix M100]]
* [[Vuzix M300]]<ref name=pcmag>https://www.pcmag.com/news/hands-on-vuzixs-no-nonsense-ar-smart-glasses</ref>
* [[Vuzix M2000AR]], a single-eye near-eye display
* [[Vuzix M3000]]<ref name=pcmag/>
* [[Vuzix M400]]
* [[Vuzix M400C]]
* [[Vuzix Blade]]
* [[Vuzix Shield]]
* [[Vuzix Blade 2]]
* [[Vuzix Z100]]
* Star 1200<ref name="y350">{{cite web | title=Vuzix STAR 1200 Augmented Reality System | website=vuzix.com | date=2012-01-06 | url=http://www.vuzix.com/ar/products_star1200.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401043742/http://www.vuzix.com/ar/products_star1200.html | archive-date=2012-04-01 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-02-04}}</ref>
* [[Vuzix Star 1200XLD]]
* Wrap 1200DXAR, a video passthrough head mounted display.<ref name="p767">{{cite web | title=Head Mounted Displays | website=Inition | date=2015-02-26 | url=https://www.inition.co.uk/product/vuzix-wrap-1200dxar/ | access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref>
 
==Technology==
Vuzix makes their waveguides using a surface relief method, based on a process developed by Nokia.<ref name="w791">{{cite web | last=Chinnock | first=Chris | title=A Tour of the Vuzix Waveguide Factory | website=Insight Media | date=2019-03-20 | url=https://www.insightmedia.info/a-tour-of-the-vuzix-waveguide-factory/ | access-date=2025-02-09}}</ref>
 
The combiner in the Vuzix Blade is made of two waveguides pressed together: one for the blue-green and one for green-red portions of the visible spectrum.<ref name="w791"/>
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
[[Category:Headset companies]]
[[Category:Optical combiner companies]]

Latest revision as of 06:28, 4 August 2025

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Vuzix is a company in New York that sells waveguide-based head-mounted displays. It has developed waveguide-based optical see through glasses touted as having augmented reality capability.

Vuzix was previously named Icuiti.

Vuzix is a publicly traded company. Intel bought about a 30 percent stake in Vuzix for about 25 million dollars.[1]

Products

File:Wrap 1200DXAR.png
Vuzix 1200DXAR

Technology

Vuzix makes their waveguides using a surface relief method, based on a process developed by Nokia.[8]

The combiner in the Vuzix Blade is made of two waveguides pressed together: one for the blue-green and one for green-red portions of the visible spectrum.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Ltd, SPIE Europe. "Intel invests in Google Glass rival". https://optics.org/news/6/1/2.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Discontinued Products". 2012-04-12. http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/discontinued_products.html.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "3D Videos: Side-by-Side Format". 2012-01-07. http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/3d_games_videos.html.
  4. ↑ "Wayback Machine". 2012-02-16. http://www.vuzix.com/site/_news/2011_News/vuzix-wrap-1200VR-availability-release.pdf.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.pcmag.com/news/hands-on-vuzixs-no-nonsense-ar-smart-glasses
  6. ↑ "Vuzix STAR 1200 Augmented Reality System". 2012-01-06. http://www.vuzix.com/ar/products_star1200.html.
  7. ↑ "Head Mounted Displays". 2015-02-26. https://www.inition.co.uk/product/vuzix-wrap-1200dxar/.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chinnock, Chris (2019-03-20). "A Tour of the Vuzix Waveguide Factory". https://www.insightmedia.info/a-tour-of-the-vuzix-waveguide-factory/.
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