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… and the Red Dot 2024 winners are…
We are publishing here a comprehensive table with all winners of a Red Dot 2024 in the product design category from the eyewear sector. The links under the product name will take you to their presentation on Red Dot’s website. Red Dot Design Awards 2024 - Eyewear ...
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News briefsTopcon enters partnership for teleconsultations
The objective: to save time and reach rural areas.
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ArticleZuckerberg on smartglasses and AI
As late as a year and a half ago, Mark Zuckerberg believed that smart glasses would need to boast full holographic augmented reality (AR) before they could replace the smartphone as “the main platform that people would use.” He no longer believes this, as he has explained in a 40-minute ...
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ArticleEssilor, MicroOLED developing AR, with EU help
A consortium led by Essilor International has obtained about €6.7 million from an EU funding scheme (Horizon Research and Innovation Actions) for a project called POPULAR, scheduled to run from Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2026. The name stands for Prescription Optics Providing a Universal Lens for Augmented Reality, ...
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Marchon and Longchamp renew eyewear license
Marchon Eyewear has announced the renewal of its eyewear license with French luxury brand Longchamp. The collaboration between both companies started in 2016 for the first eyewear collection under the Longchamp brand. The renewed agreement includes the design, development, production and global distribution of prescription eyewear and sunglasses.
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ArticleFrench company offers quick 3D-printed substitute frames
Sometimes it’s not enough to twist the pliers or turn the screwdriver. Sometimes a frame will have a clean break and an optician must send them in for repairs. But what’s the customer to do in the meantime? OOmade – a start-up in Montpellier, France, with support from BPI France ...
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Marchon signs eyewear license with Brazilian fashion brand
Marchon Eyewear has announced the signature of a new eyewear license agreement with Reserva, a menswear brand of the AR&Co Group. The license includes the design, production and distribution of ophthalmic glasses and sunglasses under the Reserva brand name in Brasil. The first collection, which will include a mix of ...
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ArticleZEISS Vision Care publishes results of myopia control research on Asian and Caucasian children
ZEISS Vision Care announced at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) the results of its latest research on the benefits of MyoCare, its myopia control lenses, for Asian and Caucasian children. 240 Chinese children and 304 Caucasian children in Spain and Portugal, all ...
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ArticleTopcon looks outside the core ophthalmic sector
Topcon Healthcare Inc. (THI) is developing something it calls Healthcare from the Eye, establishing for the purpose a partnership with Microsoft in February. The initiative steams from a strategy the Japanese firm laid out when releasing its figures for fiscal 2022, ended on March 31, 2023. As we then reported, ...
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ArticleThirteen eyewear frames received an IF DESIGN 2024 award
IF Design Foundation (IF), the German-based organization behind the international IF DESIGN AWARDS has released the list of award winners for 2024, ahead of the ceremony scheduled for April 29 in Berlin. The IF jury reviews designs submitted by companies across nine disciplines (product, packaging, communication, …) and 81 product ...
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News briefsMarcolin signs K-Way eyewear license
Marcolin has secured a license for the design, production and worldwide distribution of K-Way sunglasses, optical frames, ski goggles and eyewear for children. The deal goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, and will run through Dec. 31, 2030. The first productions will belong to the SS25 eyewear collection. These ...
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Safilo and David Beckham sign perpetual eyewear license agreement
Safilo Group has announced that is has agreed on a perpetual eyewear license agreement for David Beckham Eyewear with Authentic Brands Group, the brand owner. The new agreement substitutes the current license that was set to expire at the end of 2030. As is customary, the license includes the design, ...
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News briefsToku’s eye scan for kidney trouble on regulatory fast track in US
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has qualified for its Breakthrough Device Program an AI suite from Toku Inc. that is designed to detect chronic kidney disease (CKD) from the retinal scans of diabetics. As the FDA explains online, the program is “voluntary” and expedites the “development, assessment, and ...
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VSP Vision and partner launch innovation challenge
VSP Vision is teaming up with MATTER, a Chicago-based healthcare and innovation hub, for the launch of the first VSP Vision Innovation challenge, a global competition aimed at enhancing the patient experience in eye care through new technologies. Both partners are calling on innovators to submit their solutions. Up to ...
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Safilo and Marc Jacobs renew eyewear partnership
Safilo Group has announced the early renewal of its multi-year eyewear license agreement with Marc Jacobs. The renewed partnership includes the design, manufacturing and global distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses bur also outdoor eyewear, goggles and helmets under the American fashion brand until December 2031. Safilo has been Marc ...
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News briefsVuzix begins retail sales of AR glasses
Though still working through a backlog, Vuzix has increased production capacity and begun selling the Vuzix Shield to the general public. The Shield is a pair of smart safety glasses that provide augmented reality (AR) with stereoscopic microLED waveguide displays. President and CEO Paul Travers describes it as “the only ...
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News briefsThe Vision Council has developed a regulatory monitor
The Vision Council is introducing what it calls an online regulatory monitoring service for the optometrists and providers of telemedicine. Dubbed PolicyWatch, the system tracks changes to US laws and regulations pertaining to teleoptometry. It covers all 50 states and the District of Columbia, offers email updates and provides “easy ...
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News briefsMeta, U.S.Vision using Zenni’s IT platform
Zenni Optical has struck deals with Meta, U.S.Vision and PPG to provide “eye care solutions” through its B2B platform, Zenni Business. Zenni has in fact been working with Meta since early 2023, supplying prescription lens inserts for the Meta Quest 3 headset. U.S.Vision is using the platform for e-commerce, so ...
