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Vuzix Receives Blade Smart Glasses Purchase Order from New Prosumer-Oriented Partner
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 3, 2019 /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., June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), (\"Vuzix\" or, the \"Company\"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, announces that the Company has successfully moved past a proof of concept with a new prosumer-oriented partner and has received a purchase order for 100 Blade Smart Glasses to be integrated into their smart wearable consumer sports platform for production. The proof of concept phase with this company began in Q1 2019 with their initial purchase of Blade units and has proven very successful. The Blade Smart Glasses deployment program with this new partner is expected to expand to approximately 1,000 deployed systems before the end of 2019. \n\n \n\"The overall design and the see-through waveguide optics are critical must have features for our prosumer partner. We're excited to see this customer move rapidly from proof of concept and into production with this follow-on purchase order and we expect this deployment program to expand significantly over the back half of 2019,\" 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 153 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 2019 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 \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward looking statements contained in this release relate to our business relationship with this prosumer partner, future product orders and busin...