Vuzix AR Industry Leadership Broadly Displayed at CES 2020

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, is pleased to report a robust presence at this year's Consumer Electronics Show currently being held in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to the introductions of the Vuzix M4000 Smart Glasses and Vuzix Smart Swim, which were covered in greater detail in separate press releases, there will be numerous Vuzix partners demonstrating their solutions in conjunction with Vuzix products both at the Vuzix booth (#14441 in the LVCC Center Hall) or elsewhere as indicated:

    --  1Minuut Innovation, a Dutch designer and supplier of innovative
        technological solutions for healthcare, will be showcasing Genzõ, a
        mobile software platform. Genzõ facilitates an easy-to-use, secure
        mobile communications platform to chat or video call over the Vuzix M400
        Smart Glasses. Vuzix Smart Glasses with Genzõ delivers medical
        expertise for wound care without distance limitations by connecting a
        wound care specialist to an onsite care practitioner.  The Point of View
        (PoV) of the care practitioner wearing the Vuzix Smart Glasses makes it
        easy for external highly skilled colleagues to give help. The care
        practitioner can have their hands free all the time while receiving
        visual and voice expert feedback on their Vuzix Smart Glasses. Using AR
        overlays, Genzõ makes it easy to point to a certain area on the live
        video screen or give textual feedback.

    --  AR Experts, a German-based company that has been pioneering the AR
        industry for the last 15 years with a focus on logistics, training and
        field service, is demonstrating high-frequency warehouse vision picking
        with Vuzix Blade and the ProGlove scanner.

    --  Inseego, a San Diego-based industry pioneer in 5G and intelligent IoT
        device-to-cloud solutions that enable high-performance mobile
        applications for large enterprise verticals, service providers and
        small-medium businesses around the globe, will be powering many of the
        Vuzix' connected enterprise worker smart glasses demos with 5G services
        courtesy of the 5G MiFi 1000, the first mobile hotspot with 5G Ultra
        Wideband connectivity on Verizon's 5G network and the MiFi 8000 running
        on the Sprint Curiosity(TM) core IoT network.

    --  National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Public Safety
        Communications Research Division (PSCR) will be demonstrating an
        augmented reality traffic stop scenario for first responders that used
        the Vuzix Blade. This demonstration intends to simulate the kind of
        technology that could eventually be integrated into first responder
        eyewear to provide field of view information that is unobtrusive to the
        user.

    --  ProGlove, a German engineering company that has empowered more than
        315,000 enterprise workers across automotive, manufacturing, logistics,
        retail and aviation, is demonstrating high-frequency warehouse vision
        picking with Vuzix Blade and AR Experts. ProGlove is a wearable barcode
        scanner for enterprise that was designed for low-frequency scanning
        environments. ProGlove is saving time and preventing errors during
        picking, sequencing, assembly and inbound logistics and at the same time
        ensuring safety because the workers can process items with a tighter
        grip and greater care.

    --  Ride-On Vision, an Israeli-based designer and supplier of augmented
        reality ski goggles based on the Vuzix Blade, will have its Ride-On
        Smart Ski Goggles on display at the Vuzix Booth.  The Blade is
        effectively integrated into Ride-On's ski goggles and brings AR to the
        slopes with the world's first AR offering hands-free interaction,
        navigation of the mountain's slopes, recording of one's time on the
        slopes, and audio player, fully controlled by the Ride-On goggles.

    --  SignGlasses, a Utah-based provider of technologies and services that
        work in support of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communities, will be
        showcasing a remote interpretation and captioning services platform
        application that combines Vuzix Blade® Smart Glasses and off-site sign
        language interpreters and captioners to assure that people who are Deaf
        or Hard-of-Hearing have more options to engage with the world around
        them.  The SignGlasses platform and application can be game changing for
        users in the workplace and educational settings.

    --  SWORD by X.Labs, a US-based provider of leading-edge threat detection
        technologies and solutions, will be showcasing at The Encore Tower
        Suites SWORD Enterprise, which combines its proprietary AI, millimeter
        wave and sensor fusion technology to detect concealed weapons and run
        facial recognition scanning. With SWORD Enterprise, threats and
        notifications detected by SWORD will automatically be pushed directly to
        a heads-up display in form of Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses.  The Vuzix
        Blade provides an optically see-through display that allows security
        personnel to quickly and inconspicuously receive real-tie critical
        threat notifications through a hands-free scanning device while
        navigating various environments, which allows customers to roam around
        and still be able to see critical threat information.

    --  Ubimax, a German-based leading provider of enterprise wearable computing
        solutions, will be showcasing their Frontline solution, which consists
        of four core solutions fully optimized for the Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses:
        xPick, xMake, xInspect, and xAssist.  Ubimax Frontline offers a
        hands-free work experience along the entire application value chain and
        is world's first and fully integrated Productivity Solutions Suite for
        the frontline worker.

    --  VRAktion, a German-based designer of smart and interactive wearable
        electronics employing sensor integration and real-time data
        visualization with a focus on work safety and the IoT, will be
        showcasing the ELTEN Smartastic "Distance" shoe. The ELTEN Smartastic
        "Distance" shoe, equipped with ToF laser sensors for obstacle detection
        and distance measurement, can communicate the sensor data to the Vuzix
        Blade Smart Glasses from a built-in Bluetooth microcomputer. In
        addition, the shoe is equipped with LED lights for signal light and
        illumination as well as vibration motors for haptic feedback.  In
        particular, the sensors installed on the back work as a kind of
        rear-view camera and can prevent serious accidents when walking
        backwards or in poorly lit difficult to see work environments through
        the visualization on the Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses.  With the
        long-standing customer ELTEN, VRaktion has now developed the second
        iteration of smart shoes for occupational safety. After two years of
        development, Elten plans to launch a new product line of different
        intelligent work shoes for the 2020/21 season under the Smartastic
        label. VRaktion will cover the areas of obstacle detection, Bluetooth
        meshing, electro-thermal air conditioning and real-time data
        visualization.
    --  Zoi Meet, a Dutch supplier of AI business software for language
        transcription, will be showcasing Zoi Meet on the Vuzix Blade Smart
        Glasses, allowing for hands-free language translation in which speech is
        automatically transcribed into text and projected directly onto the
        display of the headset. The Zoi Meet application on the Vuzix Blade can
        also be connected to any Zoi Meet-hosted meeting by entering the meeting
        PIN code into the application. Using the Zoi Meet application on the
        Blade, meeting attendees receive real-time language transcription during
        the meeting from any one of 12 supported languages or closed captioning
        by setting the 'to' and 'from' languages to the same language. The Zoi
        Meet application is a powerful enterprise tool that levels the playing
        field when it comes to meetings that feature attendees that speak
        multiple languages.

"For the past 20+ years, Vuzix has been committed to bringing the most innovative products to both consumers and enterprise customers, with use cases ranging from healthcare, to the plant floor, to security and beyond. This year, we are accelerating our foothold with the unveiling of our latest products and some of the incredible use cases they are driving. The world of augmented reality is starting to take off in a meaningful way and Vuzix is a leader that is well positioned for market penetration and growth. If you want to see an industry-leading range of AR smart glasses and applications, please visit our booth during the show," said Paul Travers, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vuzix.

About Vuzix Corporation

Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart-Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. The Company's products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality. Vuzix holds 147 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2020 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK, and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit Vuzix website, Twitter and Facebook pages.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer

Certain statements contained in this news release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward looking statements contained in this release relate to the partners listed above, future orders and among other things the Company's leadership in the Smart Glasses and AR display industry. They are generally identified by words such as "believes," "may," "expects," "anticipates," "should" and similar expressions. Readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are based upon the Company's beliefs and assumptions as of the date of this release. The Company's actual results could differ materially due to risk factors and other items described in more detail in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Reports and MD&A filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable Canadian securities regulators (copies of which may be obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). Subsequent events and developments may cause these forward-looking statements to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation or intention to update or revise these forward-looking statements as a result of changed events or circumstances that occur after the date of this release, except as required by applicable law.

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