ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix®
Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a
leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR)
technology and products, announces support of numerous streaming
video services and other consumer applications on its Vuzix Blade
Smart Glasses, as well as a limited time 30% off sales promotion
for Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses at the price of $699.99 for both U.S. consumer and enterprise
customers.
The 'Dads and Grads Summer Spree' promotion on the Vuzix Blade
is an ideal opportunity for consumers and enterprise customers to
own a Blade as it coincides with the just announced availability of
popular streaming video applications including Netflix, Amazon
Prime Video and HBO Go. These Android based applications are
now supported by the Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses and available for
download from the Vuzix App Store.
The Vuzix Blade Companion App for iOS and Android mobile phones
has also been upgraded to include a virtual trackpad that controls
a mouse pointer on the Vuzix Blade, which together with the remote
keyboard input allows users to navigate apps on the Vuzix Blade in
new ways. This new feature is especially useful to enable legacy
smartphone application that required a touch user interface. The
Vuzix Blade now supports web browsing including Firefox browser,
which provides a convenient way for users to watch YouTube to
perform DIY repairs around the house or to simply kick back watch
their streaming video content hands-free. The new
functionality of the Blade Companion App makes available an
extensive series of new enterprise and consumer applications that
were previously incompatible with the Blade.
In addition to the current 'Dads and Grads Summer Spree'
promotion, Vuzix is announcing an ANSI Z87.1 safety glass rated
Vuzix Blade for enterprise customers at a price point of
$999.99. Numerous enterprise
customers have requested a safety glasses version of the Blade and
the Company expects to begin shipping this new product to customers
in July.
"The infrastructure to support the Vuzix Blade in scale has been
achieved in terms of production capacity, device functionality and
usability across a multitude of applications. The latest
upgrade to the Vuzix Blade Companion App for iOS and Android opens
the door for a wave of applications for enterprise and consumers
that can now be supported by the Blade," said Paul Travers,
President and Chief Executive Officer at Vuzix.
To learn more or purchase your Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses under
this new promotion, please follow this link. Please note this
promotional special is limited in duration and is available only to
customers within the USA only at
this time.
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix 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.
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 the success of the new Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses video streaming
applications from third parties, future applications, and among
other things the Company's leadership in the Smart Glasses 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:
Ed McGregor, Director of 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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