Luxexcel是针对处方眼镜的3D印刷专家，他宣布了计划通过改进的领导团队进一步发展进入智能眼镜市场的计划。
最近，在Facebook Connect上，提供了有关ARIA项目的更多详细信息，但是，未即将发布有关Luxexcel参与的公开宣布。
The company’s previously developedproprietary technologyis 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.
Fabio Esposito, CEO of Luxexcel, explains: “Our mature volume manufacturing solution enables our customers to combine prescription with smart technology to create regular-looking lenses with advanced smart features, yet personalized to the user’s prescription requirements. The platform is scalable and offers the flexibility to create large volumes of products with individualized specifications, such as prescription power.”
Luxexcel 3D打印平台
Luxexcel的平台涵盖了3D打印处方镜片所需的所有组件，包括专有硬件，软件和材料。该技术通过将基于丙烯酸的树脂（VisionClear）喷射到构建板上，然后在紫外线下固化。该机器被称为VisionEngine，能够在多种不同的材料（例如聚合物和眼镜）上打印（这意味着它与现成的框架兼容），并且还可以满足用户的气隙要求。
The company’s clients can embed smart devices such as waveguides, holographic films, and LCD screens directly in the lens between the layers, with the prescription power printed on or around the ‘smart layer’. The resulting sandwich assembly means that users no longer need to wear their clunky prescription glasses underneath their smart AR goggles, as the product functions as both.
Withmultiple rounds of fundingbehind it, the technology is intended as an alternative to the conventional method of lens production, which involves multiple subtractive machining steps as well as polishing. According to the company, this traditional process is highly inefficient, with material waste in the region of 80%. The approach is also a very labor-intensive one, with relatively low throughput – a stark contrast to the highly digitized process offered by Luxexcel.
智能眼镜领域的合作
尽管该公司由于NDAS而无法对其目前的合作伙伴关系发表评论，但它表示确实与智能眼镜领域的“许多领导者”合作。想到的一个是Facebook，其Project Aria– an AR eyewear set recently unveiled at the company’s连接2020事件。从本月开始，大约100名Facebook员工将全天在公共场合戴眼镜来试用眼镜。
One of the earliest smart eyewear collaborations was withAR耳机开发人员Vuzix，luxexcel 3D打印了一系列的处方镜片，可与Vuzix Blade AR智能太阳镜。最近，该公司还庆祝与非营利组织的合作伙伴关系IFB解决方案通过提供免费的3D打印处方眼镜到北卡罗来纳州温斯顿·塞勒姆（Winston-Salem）的17名儿童。
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