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Avegant and Vuzix Announce New Lightweight Binocular AR Reference Design
Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of AI-powered smart glasses, advanced waveguides, and augmented reality (AR) technologies for defense and enterprise applications, and Avegant Corp. ("Avegant"), a leading developer of compact high-performance light engines for wearable displays, today announced at CES 2026 a jointly developed binocular smart glasses reference design that sets a new benchmark for affordability, performance, and wearability in next
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