EssilorLuxottica, Applied Materials strike deal to develop smart glasses, AR technology

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June 16 : EssilorLuxottica, the world's largest eyewear maker, has signed a long-term deal with chipmaking equipment company Applied Materials to develop augmented reality display technology and AI glasses, the companies said on Tuesday.

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• EssilorLuxottica and Applied Materials will scale up commercialisation of AI glasses

• Research and development will focus on advanced optical technologies

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• EssilorLuxottica already leads the AI-glasses market through a long-term partnership with Meta to sell smart glasses under the Ray-Ban and Oakley brands

• Their first device with a built-in display, the Ray-Ban Meta Display, was launched in 2025

• AI-powered glasses embed a camera, microphone and speakers into a conventional frame, with an AI voice assistant that answers questions and describes surroundings

• Augmented reality, which overlays digital images onto the user's field of vision, is a far more complex optical challenge

• California-based Applied Materials makes the specialised equipment used to engineer the ultra-thin material layers at the heart of semiconductor chips needed for AR displays

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