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By Janet Cunningham, Director of Business Development at Luxexcel As a smart glasses manufacturer, you may spend countless hours and dollars investing in and developing your Augmented Reality devices. You may source and decide on the best displays, colors, FOV, and how to achieve the best consumer experiences. The reality is that without personalized prescription lenses users won’t be able to fully appreciate your hard work. Statistics indicate that more than 75% of the world’s adult population requires prescription lenses. Without the ability to see properly, consumers will not be able to us ..read more

Basel, Switzerland and Eindhoven, The Netherlands – September 8th, 2021 – Optiswiss, the leading Swiss lens manufacturer with distribution throughout Europe, has partnered with Luxexcel to bring commercial 3D printed lenses to market for use in regular eyewear and smart glasses. Under the partnership, Luxexcel will provide its breakthrough 3D printing lens technology, and Optiswiss will 3D print prescription lenses for the smart eyewear market. Optiswiss will also implement the newly released Luxexcel VisionPlatform 7 at its industrial facility in Basel, Switzerland. This shared strategy will ..read more

Recognition by industry peers and investors wins Luxexcel special association with Department of Economic Development of Taipei City Eindhoven, The Netherlands July 27th ,2021 – Advanced optics company Luxexcel has been named as the ‘Most Promising Technology Company’ at a prestigious Europe-Asia technology trade event hosted online in Taipei. More than 100 representatives drawn from Dutch and Taiwan based startup companies participated in this month’s event, which was aimed at improving co-operation between Eindhoven and Taipei, two of the world’s leading technology cities. Judged by a presti ..read more

by Guido Groet – Chief Strategy Officer Luxexcel There’s a sense of urgency in the smart eyewear industry to launch smartglasses that have consumer appeal. The technology to combine prescription with smart exists today. The launch of VisionPlatform 7, marks a milestone in the history of smart eyewear because to compete in the race to bring-to-market smartglasses to the mass consumer population, eyewear manufacturers need to address prescription in their smartglasses devices.     5 Top reasons why you need to leverage VisionPlatform 7 today 1. Meet the vision correction needs of con ..read more

VisionPlatform 7 integrates a ready-to-use suite of technology solutions to 3D print prescription smart eyewear Eindhoven, The Netherlands – July 14th, 2021 – Today, Luxexcel announced its next-generation manufacturing platform, Luxexcel VisionPlatform 7, which makes it possible for businesses to integrate prescription lenses into the production of smartglasses in their manufacturing facilities. VisionPlatform 7 includes new features specifically geared towards manufacturing prescription smart lenses that are lightweight, thin, and can be used in commercial frames similar to traditio ..read more

by Fabio Esposito – CEO, Luxexcel Every time we finish a customer or a strategic partner meeting I leave with a sense of pride. It’s immensely fulfilling to see how we consistently progress on our path to deliver commercial-grade 3D printed prescription lenses with integrated smart technology. The secret of our success? “ The reason behind Luxexcel’s success is our team.” Technology startups typically focus on the ‘technology’ or a product and its features.  Our approach is different. We focus on the team and our alignment towards understanding custome ..read more

by Guido Groet – Chief Strategy Officer Luxexcel Thirteen years ago Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone to the world. At that time, many cynics dismissed the device as a toy for computer nerds. In just a very short period smartphones have become a device that dominates our lives. The expectation is that eyewear will make a similar transition as our phones from just ordinary prescription eyeglasses to a device with integrated smart functionality. And that’s exactly what smart eyewear is: it’s essentially traditional eyeglasses but with integrated smart functionality. A problem is that eyecare ..read more

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by Guido Groet – Chief Strategy Officer Luxexcel The smart glasses industry is making small steps forward in the right direction. The day when a consumer will step into a store and choose whether or not they want to add smart functionality to their traditional eyeglasses is still in the distant future. Luxexcel, however, has recently reached a milestone in the Augmented Reality world by demonstrating that prescription lens integration in smart eyewear is possible in a fashionable way, today. The recipe for our success is to use 3D printing to make ‘prescription’ smart eyewear. 3D printing has ..read more