ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 7, 2013 /CNW/ - Vuzix Corporation (TSX-V:
VZX, OTC:BB: VUZI, FMB: V7X) today announced that it has begun
shipping M100 Smart Glasses to the first of its Gold developer
partners - enabling them to start creating and testing their apps
on the real hardware. Vuzix anticipates that all the Gold
Developers will receive their units within the next 30 days as
additional units become available.
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Demonstrating its commitment to the market, Vuzix' developer
program has moved into its second phase with the shipping of
hardware to the first of its growing list of developers for the
M100 Smart Glasses. As promised, the first of our developer
partners will be receiving their smart glasses in the first quarter
of 2013 so they can begin creating the future of applications in
the wearable display space. Although the Vuzix M100 Developer
Program is newly launched, Vuzix already has hundreds of developers
signed up and creating smart glasses aware apps with additional
developers signing-up daily.
Paul J. Travers, Chief Executive
Officer says, "It is exciting to begin shipping our first M100
Smart Glasses to developers. Although we are seeing applications
developed in most every market, there has been a strong focus on
the industrial and medical markets."
Pete Wassell, President of
Augmate Corporation (www.augmate.com), one of the first M100 Gold
developers said, "Our Company has a focus on developing the
fundamental tools that enable applications from training to
warehousing. We are delighted to be one of the first to work with
Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses. This new category of device is going to
revolutionize many markets by injecting cloud connected, hands free
and geospatially accurate information to applications that
desperately need it. The M100 does a great job of delivering on
that promise."
The Vuzix developer program offers early access to the M100
smart glasses, technical support and advice. Because the demand is
strong, Vuzix is delivering the first smart glasses on a first come
first served basis with custom built prototypes going exclusively
to its Gold Developers.
The Vuzix M100, a hands free display peripheral for your
smartphone, has a built in color display driven by a powerful
processing engine running the Android OS, an integrated head
tracker and GPS for spatial and positional awareness. An integrated
camera enables video recording, still image capture and the
potential for powerful augmented reality applications. Interactive
tracking and an integrated camera, combined with newly developed
applications on the M100 and a wireless link to the Cloud, enable
the merging of virtual information with the real world. The M100
SDK is available in two versions, Gold and Silver. These SDKs are
being delivered in stages and include frequent updates, hardware
advances when released, and access to the developer center to
provide technical and developer community support.
If you're a developer, please sign up to join Vuzix growing team
of application developers at developer.vuzix.com. Be one of the
first to support this amazing new step in the evolution of mobile
information technology.
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of
video and cloud connected video eyewear products in the consumer,
industrial, media and entertainment markets. The company's personal
display products offer users a portable high quality viewing
experience for industrial wearable displays, consumer digital
content viewing as well as 3D, virtual and augmented reality
experiences. Vuzix also provides developer software and support to
enable the growth and development of AR applications for its mobile
devices. With its origins in defense research and development for
next generation display solutions, Vuzix holds over 44 patents and
patents pending in the video eyewear field. The company has won 10
Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Awards, the RetailVision Best
New Product and several wireless technology innovation awards,
among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (TSX-V:VZX
- News, OTC:BB: VUZI, FMB: V7X) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK and Tokyo, Japan. For more information visit
www.vuzix.com.
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