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Optiswiss enters myopia management category
Optiswiss has announced the launch of SMYLE, its first myopia management lens, which was developed in partnership with Indizen Optical Technologies (IOT), following guidelines and using patents from the Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) that licensed the technology. According to the Swiss-based lens maker presentation, SMYLE lenses combine a central ...
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Safilo Group and Missoni extend eyewear partnership
Safilo Group has announced the renewal until 2029 of its license agreement for the design, production and global distribution of Missoni-branded eyewear. Safilo has been partnering with the women’s luxury fashion brand since 2020 and Angelo Trocchia, CEO of the eyewear group, stressed that the Missoni eyewear collection has been ...
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ArticleMeta to provide glimpse of a second line of AR glasses
There is a push within Meta to prepare a demonstration of the company’s first “true” augmented-reality (AR) glasses at its forthcoming show for third-party developers, Connect, scheduled for the autumn. The news comes from Business Insider, which has spoken to “two people familiar with the plans,” confirming their identities and ...
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ArticleTPI aims to solve the “chicken-and-egg” 3D printed eyewear problem
During the recent Mido trade fair in Milan, we stopped at the booth of Tech Print Industries (TPI), a company specialized in the development of technologies for the production of 3D-printed glasses, and had the opportunity to speak with Marc Notenboom, co-founder and chief technology officer. TPI was presenting at ...
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EssilorLuxottica and Michael Kors extend their collaboration
EssilorLuxottica and Michael Kors have announced the early renewal of their licensing agreement for the design, production and global distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses under the Michael Kors brand. Both companies started their eyewear partnership in 2015. The new agreement will take effect from Jan. 1, 2025 for a ...
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ArticleRodenstock upgrades portfolio, fine-tunes group strategy and synergies
After its participation at the opti show in Munich in January, Rodenstock presented its latest innovations at its booth during the Mido show in Milan, from Feb. 3 to 5. The German-based lens maker introduced this year its new LayR coating, which it describes as an extension of its biometric ...
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ArticleModo begins turnaround of Italia Independent with presentation of spring/summer collection
Modo Group, owner of the Eco and Modo brands, is moving quickly to turn around its latest addition, the Italia Independent brand it acquired only on Sept. 12. Lapo Elkann, the former owner and co-founder of Italia Independent, has agreed to stay on as creative director, and the first collection ...
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ArticleZeiss acquires IP from Mitsui Chemicals
Zeiss Vision Care has acquired a “comprehensive intellectual property (IP) portfolio, including a suite of patents,” from Mitsui Chemicals (MCI), a Japanese company with wide-ranging business lines, among them “vision care materials,” and an R&D department split between synthesis, polymer science and tech for manufacturing processes. Zeiss has not disclosed ...
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News briefsLouboutin enters eyewear segment with Marcolin partnership
Christian Louboutin, the Paris-based luxury footwear brand, is entering the eyewear segment, signing a global license agreement with Marcolin, as both partners have announced. The partnership, which includes the design, production and distribution of optical frames and sunglasses, runs until 2029, and the first Christian Louboutin eyewear collections will be ...
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News briefsTooz and Chinese firm introduce AR vision correction
Tooz and North Ocean Photonics have developed a planar diffractive waveguide with integrated vision correction for augmented-reality (AR) glasses. They introduced their product in prototype a few days ago at San Francisco’s Photonics West SPIE trade show, a hardware showcase for augmented, virtual and mixed reality. Tooz is the in-house ...
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News briefsVuzix says it can provide vision correction at scale for AR
Vuzix has begun integrating vision correction into its waveguides for augmented-reality (AR) glasses and head-mounted displays (HMDs). The corrective power extends from +2D to -8D diopters for now but will in time expand to cover the full range. According to the company’s press release, the product “can be produced in ...
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News briefsBlackfin partners with Barberini for AirGlass lenses
The Italian eyewear company Blackfin has partnered with mineral-glass lens producer Barberini, part of the EssilorLuxottica group, to introduce AirGlass lenses. The polarized lenses in ultra-thin glass will be paired with Blackfin’s titanium frames and make their debut on Blackfin’s new MAVERICKS eyewear. The lenses make use of Blackfin’s ultra-HDR ...
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ArticleSmart glasses and AR technologies on display at the CES
In our last CES 2024 report, after our previous articles on EssilorLuxottica’s Nuance launch and on the winners of the CES awards, we present a selection of other smart eyewear products and companies that caught our attention at the Las Vegas show that closed its doors last Friday. RayNeo, a ...
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Safilo announces two early licence renewals
Safilo Group has announced a few days apart the early renewals of two of its global eyewear licences, with HUGO BOSS and Aeffe. The agreement with HUGO BOSS, started in 2006, is renewed until 2030 for the BOSS and HUGO eyewear collections. The partnership with Aeffe covers the Moschino and ...
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Krys Group launches full OFG lens range
KRYS GROUP has announced that CODIR, its industrial and logistics subsidiary located outside Paris, was launching a complete range of Origine France Garantie (OFG)-certified lenses. More rigorous than the Made in France marking, the OFG certification guarantees that at least 50 percent of the product’s added value was acquired in ...
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ArticleEssilux unveils Nuance, announces U.S. and Europe launch dates at CES
EssilorLuxottica unveiled its new Nuance Audio technology at a press conference on the eve of the CES show in Las Vegas (Jan. 9-12). The group announced that its goal is to “revolutionize” the hearing market and penetrate an industry where, similar to eye care decades ago, consumers are averse to ...
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ArticleAI comes to Meta and Ray-Ban’s smart glasses
Meta is providing “early access” in the US to multimodal AI in the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses – the equivalent of a beta launch for software. The company is seeking feedback from customers, presumably to help tune the AI. Customers can opt in through the latest version of the Meta ...
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LVMH’s Pucci eyewear license stays with Marcolin
Marcolin has announced the renewal of its exclusive eyewear license agreement with Pucci, a brand of LVMH Group’s portfolio, for the design, manufacturing and global distribution of the brand’s sunglasses and optical frames. The relationship between Pucci and Marcolin started in 2015 and the license has been renewed until Dec. ...
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Thélios relaunches Tag Heuer eyewear
Thélios and Tag Heuer, two entities of French luxury group LVMH, have announced their licensing agreement for the design, production and distribution of Tag Heuer-branded eyewear. The first collections, which the partners said would build on “the brand’s undisputed eyewear legacy,” will be revealed during LVMH Watch Week on Jan. ...
