Luxexcel, a specialist in the 3D printing of lenses for prescription glasses, has announced plans to grow further into the smart glasses market with a revamped leadership team.
Recently at Facebook Connect further details of Project Aria were provided, however, no public announcement about Luxexcel’s involvement was forthcoming.
The company’s previously developed专有技术is able to integrate smart features into eyewear lenses, resulting in “fashionable smart glasses”. The idea is that its customers – technology companies – will be able to manufacture their smart eyewear products while also providing vision correction functionality for users that may need it.
Luxexcel首席执行官Fabio Esposito解释说：“我们成熟的批量制造解决方案使我们的客户能够将处方与智能技术相结合，从而创建具有高级智能功能的常规镜头，但对用户的处方要求进行了个性化。该平台是可扩展的，可以灵活地创建具有个性化规范（例如处方功率）的大量产品。”
The Luxexcel 3D printing platform
Luxexcel’s platform encompasses all of the components needed to 3D print prescription lenses, including proprietary hardware, software, and materials. The technology works by jetting an acrylic-based resin – VisionClear – onto a build plate, before curing it under UV light. Dubbed the VisionEngine, the machine is able to print on a number of different materials such as polymers and glasses (meaning it is compatible with off-the-shelf frames), and also serves to fulfill the air gap requirements of users.
该公司的客户可以将智能设备（例如WaveGuides，全息膜和LCD屏幕）嵌入到两层之间的镜头中，并在“智能层”上或雷竞技官网登录周围打印出处方功率。由此产生的三明治组件意味着用户不再需要在其智能AR镜下戴上笨拙的处方眼镜，因为产品的功能都是两者兼而有之。
和multiple rounds of funding在其背后，该技术旨在替代传统的晶状体生产方法，该方法涉及多个减法加工步骤和抛光。根据该公司的说法，这一传统过程效率很低，其物质废物在80％的地区。该方法也是一种非常密集的方法，吞吐量相对较低 - 与Luxexcel提供的高度数字化过程形成了鲜明的对比。
Collaborations in the smart eyewear sector
Although the firm is unable to comment on its current partnerships due to NDAs, it has stated that it does indeed work with “many of the leaders” in the smart glasses sector. The one that springs to mind is Facebook, with its项目ARIA– an AR eyewear set recently unveiled at the company’sConnect 2020 event。Starting this month, around 100 Facebook employees will trial the glasses by wearing them throughout the day in public.
One of the earliest smart eyewear collaborations was withAR headset developerVuzix, whereby Luxexcel 3D printed a range of prescription lenses for use with theVuzix Blade AR Smart Sunglasses。More recently, the company also celebrated its partnership with non-profit organizationIFB Solutionsby providingfree 3D printed prescription eyewearto seventeen school children in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Featured image shows Luxexcel’s 3D printed prescription lenses. Photo via Luxexcel.
