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Vuzix Receives International Regulatory Approvals and Begins Shipping Vuzix Blade® Upgraded Smart Glasses
Vuzix Blade Upgraded Smart Glasses are now available for purchase and are certified to ship into 40 countries worldwide ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2020
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[{"type":"text","content":"Vuzix Blade Upgraded Smart Glasses are now available for purchase and are certified to ship into 40 countries worldwide\n\n\nROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), (\"Vuzix\" or, the \"Company\"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, today is announcing that the Company has received regulatory approvals for the Blade Upgraded Smart Glasses from the US and Canada, EU and Japanese regulatory agencies. Concurrently, Vuzix has begun shipping early Blade Upgraded Smart Glasses orders, as well as making the Blade Upgraded Smart Glasses available for purchase from Vuzix' directly and shortly available from Amazon online stores in the US, Canada and Japan.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe Vuzix Blade® Upgraded version now comes standard as certified safety glasses serving as personal protective equipment (PPE), rated in the United States under the ANSI Z87.1 standard and within the European Union under the CE EN166/170 standard. In addition to being safety certified, the Blade Upgraded version, built around Vuzix patented and patent pending IP, comes equipped with built-in stereo acoustic audio in its temples along with a new autofocus (AF) camera ideal for improved video conferencing and bar code scanning. \nUpgraded to better support remote work from service to quality assurance, the new Blade Upgraded supports popular enterprise video collaboration platforms like Zoom, Webex Teams and Skype for Business. Vuzix also upgraded its iOS and Android Vuzix Companion App, enabling users to take actions based on simple links and single clicks on a Blade-paired phone. \nTo support customers planning to deploy Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses for manufacturing lines, warehouse picking and other areas that involve barcode scanning, Vuzix has added support for its Vuzix Barcode SDK and added support for barcode zoom camera solutions from third parties. With the continued push for hands-free applications across enterprise, the Company has also added speech commands for the launcher, photos, setting, camera, notifications/home and the ability to view and use speech commands on the main operating system application rail. \n\"With its integrated in-frame stereo audio featuring patent pending technology, alongside the improved auto focus camera, the Vuzix Blade Upgrad...