Screencast, Facial Recognition and Other Apps to be Showcased on the Vuzix Blade at CEATEC in Japan

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Oct 15, 2018, 10:30 ET

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR)) technology and products, is pleased to announce that the Company's Vuzix Blade® and M300 Smart Glasses will be showcased at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC), Japan's largest IT and electronics exhibition and conference October 16-19 in Japan.

At CEATEC Japan 2018 several notable applications will be demoed at the Vuzix booth on Vuzix Smart Glasses including Device Connect WebAPI, a screencast application developed by GClue with NTT DOCOMO's opensource software on the Vuzix Blade and M300 Smart Glasses. Using Device Connect WebAPI, Android phone users can wirelessly cast content from their Android mobile phone screen to the HUD of the Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses over Wi-Fi and wirelessly consume real-time content hands-free via the HUD of the Vuzix Blade. Device Connect WebAPI is an open source software application listed on GitHub and is available now for download via the Vuzix app store.

Vuzix' partner Toshiba Client Solutions will be demoing Windows 10 applications for business with the Toshiba "Powered by Vuzix" AR100 Smart Glasses; Japan Media Systems will be demoing Live On, a web conferencing system for enterprise on the Vuzix M300 Smart Glasses; KDDI Research, NID, OPTiM, Shinko Shoji and Atos will be demoing remote support applications for enterprise on the Vuzix M300 Smart Glasses.

Vuzix Blade® Smart Glasses supporting a 3^rd party facial recognition app will also be showcased at the Vuzix booth #S014-20 located at the American pavilion in Hall 5 from October 16-19 at the Makuhari Messe convention center located just outside of Tokyo, Japan. Vuzix will also be presenting an abstract on 'Successful Enterprise Deployments' in Co-Creation Park from 12:00-12:30 pm JST on Thursday, October 18^th.

About Vuzix Corporation

Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart-Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products. 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 62 patents and 71 additional 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 2018 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, Barcelona, Spain and Tokyo, Japan.

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, among other things, the success and future potential business from this tradeshow event and the Company's leadership in the Video Eyewear 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.

Media and Investor Relations Contact:

Matt Margolis, Director of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Vuzix Corporation [email protected] Tel: (585) 359-5952

Ed McGregor, Director of Institutional Investor Relations, Vuzix Corporation [email protected] Tel: (585) 359-5985

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