Vuzix
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
- iWear VR920
- iWear AV920[2]
- iWear AV310 Widescreen[2]
- iWear AV230 XL+[2]
- iWear AV230[2]
- iWear IP230[2]
- iWear DV920[2]
- iWear M920[2]
- Wrap 230[2]
- Wrap 310[2]
- Wrap 310XL[3]
- Vuzix Wrap 920[3]
- Wrap 920AR[3]
- Wrap 1200[3]
- Vuzix Wrap 1200VR[4]
- Vuzix M100
- Vuzix M300[5]
- Vuzix M2000AR, a single-eye near-eye display
- Vuzix M3000[5]
- Vuzix M400
- Vuzix M400C
- Vuzix Blade
- Vuzix Shield
- Vuzix Blade 2
- Vuzix Z100
- Star 1200[6]
- Vuzix Star 1200XLD
- Wrap 1200DXAR, a video passthrough head mounted display.[7]
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
- ↑ Ltd, SPIE Europe. "Intel invests in Google Glass rival". https://optics.org/news/6/1/2.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "3D Videos: Side-by-Side Format". 2012-01-07. http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/3d_games_videos.html.
- ↑ "Wayback Machine". 2012-02-16. http://www.vuzix.com/site/_news/2011_News/vuzix-wrap-1200VR-availability-release.pdf.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.pcmag.com/news/hands-on-vuzixs-no-nonsense-ar-smart-glasses
- ↑ "Vuzix STAR 1200 Augmented Reality System". 2012-01-06. http://www.vuzix.com/ar/products_star1200.html.
- ↑ "Head Mounted Displays". 2015-02-26. https://www.inition.co.uk/product/vuzix-wrap-1200dxar/.
- ↑ 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/.