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LAFORGE Optical

LAFORGE Optical

LAFORGE Optical is a Los Angeles-based company that creates prescription augmented reality eyewear that works with a smart device.

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laforgeoptical.com
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Industry
Augmented reality
Augmented reality
Internet of things (IoT)
Internet of things (IoT)
Technology
Technology
Wearable technology
Wearable technology
Eyewear
Eyewear
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Biometrics
Biometrics
Location
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
B2X
B2C
B2C
CEO
Corey Mack
Corey Mack
Founder
Corey Mack
Corey Mack
AngelList URL
angel.co/laforge-optical
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../86409-37
Number of Employees (Ranges)
1 – 10
Email Address
info@laforgeoptical.com
Full Address
4505 Glencoe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90292, US
Investors
Bantam Group
Bantam Group
Founded Date
October 2014
Total Funding Amount (USD)
2,300,000
Latest Funding Round Date
May 28, 2016
Competitors
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GlassUp
Atheer
Atheer
Upskill (formerly APX Labs)
Upskill (formerly APX Labs)
Optinvent
Optinvent
Avegant
Avegant
Lumus
Lumus
Magic Leap
Magic Leap
Tobii Technology
Tobii Technology
...
Business Model
Commerce
Latest Funding Type
Seed
Seed
NAICS Code
444,461
Patents Assigned (Count)
2
Wellfound ID
laforge-optical

Other attributes

Company Operating Status
Active
Latest Funding Round Amount (USD)
675,000
SIC Code
59,599
Overview

LAFORGE Optical is a company that has developed prescription eyewear that can sync to a smart device via Bluetooth. The company was founded in 2014 by Corey Mack, in Los Angeles, Californiaand has operations in Seoul and Bangkok. The company uses a system of prisms and lenses to display augmented reality elements in front of a user. This includes other modifications, such as a teleprompter, wireless music controls, health tracking, messaging, notifications, and weather notifications on the lenses.

Smart glasses

LAFORGE Optical uses engineering and design to seamlessly integrate electronics and precision optics into a minimal form-factor to make digital eyewear that thoroughly integrates a virtual display into a prescription lens. The glasses are designed to look like a normal pair of glasses and are made to differentiate themselves from virtual reality headsets and the Google Glass. Each pair of glasses is built to fit the user's face, with the proper corrective lens, and is priced to be less expensive than a headset or other brand of smart-eye-wear. LAFORGE Optical also provides an SDK to make applications compatible with the eyewear.

LAFORGE boasts a battery life of eighteen hours for their glasses and only a thirty-minute charge time. The software inside the frames is capable of measuring a user's speed and can detect when someone is driving, once they are traveling over 17 miles per hour. Users can also take pictures and record videos with the Shima Beta Bold version of the frames.

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Shima Smartglasses Make Augmented Reality Fashionable

https://augmented.reality.news/news/shima-smartglasses-make-augmented-reality-fashionable-0171815/

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June 20, 2016

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