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Vuzix Enters into an Agreement to Develop a Customized Head Mounted Waveguide-Based Display System for Assisted Medical Cancer Surgeries
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and
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[{"type":"text","content":"ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), (\"Vuzix\" or, the \"Company\"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an agreement with a new medical partner located in the USA, to build a customized head mounted display system for assisted medical cancer surgery. Under the terms of the first phase of the project, Vuzix and this customer have agreed upon an upfront payment and phase-gated development milestones and payments. Phase 1 is expected to generate revenues in the low six-figure range and be completed by the end of 2020, with potentially greater non-recurring engineering (NRE) revenues, if awarded by the customer, in subsequent phases before an accepted final product design could be expected to lead to a volume OEM production order.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"We are excited to enter into this partnership and believe it represents a strong vote of confidence in our capabilities and recognition of our leading position within the waveguide optics technology space. Additionally, this development agreement, our third signed just this year, demonstrates how Vuzix is able to leverage our industry leading optics technology and partner with a broad range of industry leaders, this one in the medical arena,\" said Paul Travers, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vuzix. \nAbout Vuzix Corporation \nVuzix is a leading supplier of Smart-Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. The Company's products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality. Vuzix holds 166 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2020 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK, and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit Vuzix website, Twitter and Facebook pages.\nForward-Looking Statements Disclaimer\nCertain statements contained in this news release are \"forw...