ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix®
Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading
supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR)) technology and
products, is pleased to announce that the Company's Vuzix
Blade® and M300 Smart Glasses will be showcased at the
Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC), Japan's largest IT and electronics exhibition
and conference October 16-19 in
Japan.
At CEATEC Japan 2018 several notable applications will be demoed
at the Vuzix booth on Vuzix Smart Glasses including Device Connect
WebAPI, a screencast application developed by GClue with NTT
DOCOMO's opensource software on the Vuzix Blade and M300 Smart
Glasses. Using Device Connect WebAPI, Android phone users can
wirelessly cast content from their Android mobile phone screen to
the HUD of the Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses over Wi-Fi and wirelessly
consume real-time content hands-free via the HUD of the Vuzix
Blade. Device Connect WebAPI is an open source software
application listed on GitHub and is available now for download via
the Vuzix app store.
Vuzix' partner Toshiba Client Solutions will be demoing Windows
10 applications for business with the Toshiba "Powered by Vuzix"
AR100 Smart Glasses; Japan Media Systems will be demoing Live On, a
web conferencing system for enterprise on the Vuzix M300 Smart
Glasses; KDDI Research, NID, OPTiM, Shinko
Shoji and Atos will be demoing remote support applications
for enterprise on the Vuzix M300 Smart Glasses.
Vuzix Blade® Smart Glasses supporting a 3rd
party facial recognition app will also be showcased at the Vuzix
booth #S014-20 located at the American pavilion in Hall 5 from
October 16-19 at the Makuhari Messe
convention center located just outside of Tokyo, Japan. Vuzix will also be
presenting an abstract on 'Successful Enterprise Deployments' in
Co-Creation Park from 12:00-12:30 pm
JST on Thursday, October
18th.
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart-Glasses and Augmented
Reality (AR) technologies and products. 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
62 patents and 71 additional 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 2018 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, Barcelona, Spain and Tokyo, Japan.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer
Certain 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, among other things, the success and future potential business
from this tradeshow event and the Company's leadership in the Video
Eyewear and AR display industry. They are generally identified by
words such as "believes," "may," "expects," "anticipates," "should"
and similar expressions. Readers should not place undue reliance on
such forward-looking statements, which are based upon the Company's
beliefs and assumptions as of the date of this release. The
Company's actual results could differ materially due to risk
factors and other items described in more detail in the "Risk
Factors" section of the Company's Annual Reports and MD&A filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
applicable Canadian securities regulators (copies of which may be
obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). Subsequent events and
developments may cause these forward-looking statements to change.
The Company specifically disclaims any obligation or intention to
update or revise these forward-looking statements as a result of
changed events or circumstances that occur after the date of this
release, except as required by applicable law.
Media and Investor Relations Contact:
Matt Margolis, Director of
Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Vuzix Corporation
matt_margolis@vuzix.com Tel: (585) 359-5952
Ed McGregor, Director of
Institutional Investor Relations, Vuzix Corporation
ed_mcgregor@vuzix.com Tel: (585) 359-5985
Vuzix Corporation, 25 Hendrix Road, Suite A, West Henrietta, NY 14586 USA,
Investor Information – IR@vuzix.com www.vuzix.com
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