Robot model
Vuzix Z100
Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI; founded 1997 in Rochester, New York by founder and CEO Paul Travers) is a long-established enterprise smart-glasses maker.
- Manufacturer
- Vuzix
- Form factor
- wearable
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- ir.vuzix.com ↗
Overview
Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI; founded 1997 in Rochester, New York by founder and CEO Paul Travers) is a long-established enterprise smart-glasses maker. Its current AI-glasses product, the Z100, is a 38-gram pair of monochrome green microLED waveguide heads-up-display glasses with up to 48-hour battery, which reached general availability in November 2024 at $499 and targets enterprise use in warehousing, logistics, and field service, with some consumer features such as notifications, navigation, and a teleprompter through the Vuzix Connect app. The company is genuinely commercial but small and shrinking, reporting first-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.4 million, down 12 percent year over year, a $7.1 million net loss, and a strategic pivot toward OEM waveguides, display systems, and engineering services, including shipping Ultralight Pro OEM glasses to Amazon in the second quarter of 2026. On AI substance, this should not be inflated as an AI wearable: the Z100's AI is an interface layer that surfaces intelligence computed elsewhere, through cloud large-language-model integrators such as SimplyVideo wrapping OpenAI, transcription and translation engines, and warehouse and ERP integrations, with no verified first-party on-device AI model, so it belongs in the registry as enterprise augmented-reality display hardware with AI-integration capability. Its earlier Blade and Blade Upgraded glasses are discontinued, with Blade 2 as the current enterprise successor.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 4 sources, view all
Key facts
Weight
Battery life
Price
Form factor
Autonomy level
Specs
Notes
Specs
Form Factor
Data & sources
Press releases
2
Web sources
2
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Shipping now
- Price
- $499 (actual sale price)as of 2024-11-20
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Prices verified as of Nov 20, 2024
Deployments (1)
- Vuzix Z100 at Globaloperational
Vuzix Z100 smart glasses aggregate global deployment.
Vuzix Z100 on the deployment map
Where Vuzix Z100 is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Vuzix Z100 enterprise smart glasses
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Price point recorded: $499VerifiedNov 20, 2024
Actual sale price
Deployment-verified media (1)
Vuzix footage of its Z100 enterprise smart glasses, which have a monochrome microLED heads-up display and no camera. An enterprise and developer device.
From deployment: Global
Supply chain (1)
Compute / semiconductor
- QualcommQualcomm Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 Platform -- purpose-built smart-glasses SoC; two-chip architecture (AR processor + connectivity chip), 4nm TSMC, ISP for waveguide displayssupplies
Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Vuzix Z100.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (4)
Compare Vuzix Z100
Common questions
- What is Vuzix Z100?
- Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI; founded 1997 in Rochester, New York by founder and CEO Paul Travers) is a long-established enterprise smart-glasses maker. Its current AI-glasses product, the Z100, is a 38-gram pair of monochrome green microLED waveguide heads-up-display glasses with up to 48-hour battery, which reached general availability in November 2024 at $499 and targets enterprise use in warehousing, logistics, and field service, with some consumer features such as notifications, navigation, and a teleprompter through the Vuzix Connect app. The company is genuinely commercial but small and shrinking, reporting first-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.4 million, down 12 percent year over year, a $7.1 million net loss, and a strategic pivot toward OEM waveguides, display systems, and engineering services, including shipping Ultralight Pro OEM glasses to Amazon in the second quarter of 2026. On AI substance, this should not be inflated as an AI wearable: the Z100's AI is an interface layer that surfaces intelligence computed elsewhere, through cloud large-language-model integrators such as SimplyVideo wrapping OpenAI, transcription and translation engines, and warehouse and ERP integrations, with no verified first-party on-device AI model, so it belongs in the registry as enterprise augmented-reality display hardware with AI-integration capability. Its earlier Blade and Blade Upgraded glasses are discontinued, with Blade 2 as the current enterprise successor.
- How much does Vuzix Z100 cost?
- Vuzix Z100 is listed at $499 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.
- Is Vuzix Z100 actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Vuzix Z100 is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Vuzix Z100?
- Vuzix Z100 is made by Vuzix, based in Rochester, NY, USA, founded in 1997.
- Where is Vuzix Z100 deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of Vuzix Z100 is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Global.
- Can you buy Vuzix Z100?
- Vuzix Z100 is available for purchase - a real sale price is on record (see the pricing section for the figure and its source).
- What are alternatives to Vuzix Z100?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable wearable robots to Vuzix Z100 include AI Pin, AirGo Vision, Bee, Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame).
- How does Vuzix Z100 compare to AI Pin?
- Vuzix Z100 and AI Pin (Humane · 1 deployment) are both wearable robots on the DEPLOY registry. Vuzix Z100 has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Vuzix Z100 a top wearable?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Vuzix Z100 ranks in roughly the top 69% of wearable models tracked by the registry.
- What is Vuzix Z100's maturity stage?
- Vuzix Z100 is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Vuzix Z100 safe?
- Vuzix Z100 has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: wearable
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Vuzix Z100.Recent coverage
Vuzix Z100 in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Vuzix Z100 from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Vuzix Z100 Smart Glasses Review - PCMag
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The best AI glasses of 2025 (so far) - Gadget Flow
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Meta’s Orion is years away, so I tried these advanced smart glasses instead - Digital Trends
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Vuzix Z100 Smart Glasses now available for consumers worldwide - Notebookcheck
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Samsung AI Smart Glasses leak reveals new details - Notebookcheck
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Rumors suggest Xiaomi will launch new AI glasses in a few months' time - Notebookcheck
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Warehouse logistics systems find efficiency and productivity benefits in lightweight augmented-reality headsets - Business Insider
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Vuzix debuts ultralight Z100 smart glasses developer's edition to enterprise customers wanting better optimized staff - Notebookcheck
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/vuzix-z100.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/0d9b1a3f-62e3-49fc-980c-f5b641940201
- Revision history: /models/vuzix-z100/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/vuzix-z100
Reality vs attention
Vuzix Z100 draws attention at the 20th percentile but verifies reality at the 50th percentile among wearable robots. Hype Gap -30.4, 15th widest among wearable robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 18, 2026