Vuzix Corporation Description
Vuzix Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, and sells wearable display devices in the United States and internationally. The company's products are worn like eyeglasses and comprise video displays that enable the user to view video and digital content, such as movies, computer data, the Internet, or video games through various mobile electronic devices, including cell phones, laptop computers, portable media players, and gaming systems. Its products include binocular video eyewear devices comprising two micro displays mounted in a frame attached to eyeglass-style temples; and M100, which are monocular pair of smart glasses. The company also provides virtual reality products that provide the user with 3D computer simulated environments, which simulate the real or an imaginary world; and augmented reality products that provide a user a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical and real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer generated sensory input, such as sound, video, graphics, or GPS data. Vuzix Corporation sells its products under the Vuzix Wrap brand name through specialty retailers, catalogue offerings, third party distributors, resellers, and various company operated Web stores. The company was formerly known as Icuiti Corporation and changed its name to Vuzix Corporation in 2007. Vuzix Corporation was founded in 1997 and is based in Rochester, New York.
Classification
Sector:
Technology
Industry:
Consumer Electronics
Keywords:
Emerging Technologies
Games
Electronic Devices
Video Games
Eyewear
Display Technology
Laptop
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Human–Computer Interaction
Laptop Computer
Web Store
Mixed Reality
Cell Phones
Computer Data
Party Distributors
Media Players
Multimodal Interaction
Optical Head Mounted Display
Portable Media Player
Portable Media Players
Smartglasses
Wearable Computers