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Electronics bring something new to the world of eyewear

When he looks at the latest technology in eyewear, Dr. Steve Jacobsen doesn't just see a pair of glasses.

Feb 16, 2012

Marchon3D Wins American Package Design Award for Innovative, Chic 3D Glasses Vending Machines

On the heels of unveiling exciting new packaging and retail solutions at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Marchon3D®, the leading designer and supplier of premier 3D eyewear on the market, has won a 2012 American Package Design Award, presented by G

Feb 15, 2012

Vuzix and NEC scoop Google on cloud-connected Smart Glasses

Vuzix and NEC BIGLOBE have partnered on cloud-connected Augmented Reality glasses, a wearable display that can identify people and match them with their Facebook and Twitter profiles, in an apparent attempt to get in ahead of Google’s HUD Smart Glasses.

Feb 14, 2012

WileyX New Stealthy Black Ops Performance Sunwear

Wiley X, Inc has expanded its unique and shadowy Black Ops Collection of performance protective eyewear with the addition of five new-for-2012 models: the WX Valor, WX Rush, WX Censor, WX Gravity and WX Twisted. All Black Ops Collection shades feature S

Feb 13, 2012

Is Google working on Computerized Eyewear?

Rumors and, according to 9to5Google, even evidence is surfacing that Google is testing out a new physical product on its campus, Google Glasses.

Feb 10, 2012

Virtual reality contact lenses "could arrive by 2014"

Virtual reality contact lenses could be in use as soon as 2014, with scientists working on the futuristic eyewear.

Feb 09, 2012

Google Gets in Your Eyes

Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) apparently taking a cue from movies like "Iron Man" and "The Terminator in designing one of its upcoming products: Eyewear that displays data and information to the wearer.

Feb 08, 2012

Introducing New Transitions® Vantage™ Lenses with Variable Polarization

Transitions Optical, Inc. launched the latest breakthrough in adaptive lens technology – variable polarization – today at Transitions Academy, its annual education event for industry professionals.

Feb 07, 2012

3D highly prevalent at ISE 2012

Displays were being showcased in ever imaginative ways including curved screens, super bright OLED screens, transparent displays and even a 4D theatre that could be potentially installed in the home.

Feb 06, 2012

Fuse Optics Launches Audio Adaptable Eyewear

FUSE Optics ™ will introduce its line of audio adaptable glasses at the SIA Snow Show in Denver, CO, January 25-29, 2012. The progressive eyewear company is first-to-market with its U.S. Utility Patent that is poised to transform the eyewear industry.

Feb 03, 2012

Eyecare & Eyewear of Carrollton Announces New Product - Crizal with Optifog

Supplier of designer eyewear, contact lenses and complete eye care, Eyecare & Eyewear in Carrollton announces new product offering — Crizal with Optifog

Feb 02, 2012

DARPA is developing virtual reality contact lenses

Currently being developed by DARPA researchers at Washington-based Innovega iOptiks are contact lenses that enhance normal vision by allowing a wearer to view virtual and augmented reality images without the need for bulky apparatus.

Feb 01, 2012

Glasses go high-tech: InVision featuring new technology

InVision Eye Care is inviting the public to an open house on Tuesday to check out a technological leap forward in eyewear: emPower, the first ever electronically focusing eyewear.

Jan 31, 2012

Making hi-tech contact lenses a reality

For years, sci-fi films have featured eyewear technology that enables people to see amazing things, from laser glasses to contact lenses with special displays, but in recent years that technology has edged ever nearer.

Jan 30, 2012

New eyeglasses could make bifocals and progressive lenses a thing of the past

They look like any ordinary pair of glasses. They are anything but that. "This has what we call the wow factor," said Dr. Mac Scothorn, an optometrist with Vistar Eye Center in Roanoke.

Jan 19, 2012

Vuzix Announces Plans for SMART Glasses Technology

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2012 — Vuzix Corporation (fmb:V7X), award-winning manufacturer of video eyewear, is excited to unveil SMART Glasses Technology – Integrated HD display engines and waveguide optics that literally break the boundaries of conventional opti

Jan 16, 2012

Marchon3D® Debuts New Retail-Ready Solutions for EX3D Eyewear

Marchon3D®, the leading designer and supplier of premier 3D eyewear on the market, is launching new retail solutions for its EX3D® Eyewear brand of stylish and technologically advanced passive 3D glasses.

Jan 12, 2012

The New Technology In Eyewear: EmPower

EmPower! is the largest optical advance in the last 50 years. It is the first electronic-focusing eyewear. A tilt of the head or touch to the temple activates a layer of liquid crystals in each lens that focus as fast as you can blink an eye. The maste

Jan 10, 2012

Essilor Declares Optifog ‘New Product Category’ and Launches Lens Rating System for UV Protection

At its national sales meeting here last week, Essilor of America, Inc. announced a national public relations campaign for Optifog lenses, introduced in the U.S. in October after an earlier global launch.

Jan 09, 2012

Dual Functionally: Digital Camera + Eyewear Necklace

What is more cool, wearing a geek eyewear necklace that also functions as a digital camera. Really shock your friends at a party, say Cheese and voila, you are on Facebook. No need to worry about Big Daddy, just your friends.

Jan 06, 2012

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