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Vuzix Receives Regulatory Approval and Begins Shipping M400 Smart Glasses
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 17, 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., Sept. 17, 2019 /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 compliance approval for the M400 Smart Glasses from the US, EU, Japanese and Canadian regulatory agencies. Concurrently, Vuzix has begun shipping early adopter program M400 Smart Glasses orders, as well as making the M400 Smart Glasses available for purchase from Vuzix' US, EU and Japanese webstores.\n\n \nThe Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses are powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ XR1 Platform, which integrates their heterogeneous computing architecture including an ARM-based multicore Central Processing Unit (CPU), vector processor, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and Qualcomm® AI Engine. The Snapdragon XR1 platform was also designed to deliver an immersive User Interface (UI) experience, with features such as native voice processing, motion tracking, head tracking and more. \nThe Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses product specs and features include: \n- SOC – Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 Platform 8 Core Processor with up to 2.5 GHz clock speed - Memory – 6GB LPDDR4- Storage – 64GB eMMC Flash- Display – OLED- Display Contrast Ratio – >10,000:1- Charging and Data – USB 3.1 Gen 2 on Type-C- Android 8.1- Camera – 12.8 MP- 3 noise cancelling microphones- Built-in speaker- GPS- Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac – Dual-B 2.4/5 GHz- BT 5.0- Hot swapping external batteries - Left or Right Eye Usable- Display and camera can be moved up, down, left, right, in or out – to position- IP67 Rating Dustproof - Protected from contact with any harmful dust- IP67 Rating Waterproof – Protected from immersion in water with a depth of up to 1 meter (or 3.3 feet) for up to 30 mins- Drop Proof - Resistant to 2-meter drops onto concrete - 1135 mAh battery (total of internal + opposite side temple batteries)- Significantly improved power management and extended battery life \n\"The Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 platform with built-in Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities offers a platform of improved interactivity, power consumption, and thermal efficiency,\" said Paul Travers, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vuzix. \"The Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses were designed to be best in class for enterprise and, in addition to the pow...