ROCHESTER, NY, January 4, 2017 – Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart-Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that the Company will showcase its CES Innovation awards winner, the new Blade 3000 Smart Glasses at CES 2017. The Company’s latest product will be unveiled along with some special sneak AR technology demonstrations at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Central Hall Booth #13246, from January 5 to 8, 2017. Vuzix will also present the Blade 3000 at the Texas Instruments booth M115, in the Central Hall.

The Blade 3000 delivers a vibrant full color display, with enhanced functionality for on-the-go, hands-free, mobile computing requirements. Ideal for mobile applications, now you can stay connected and navigate without taking your Smartphone out your pocket or purse. Winner of four international CES Innovation 2017 Honoree Awards in the following categories:

• Computer Accessories Product
• Gaming Product
• Virtual Reality Product
• Wireless Handset Accessories Product

For work and play – the lightweight Vuzix Blade 3000 are the first Smart Sunglasses featuring style, performance and advanced waveguide optics for hands-free mobile computing and connectivity. Ideal for mobile applications – from social media, such as Facebook to navigation, augmented realty, HD photography and HD video recording. Use it into track your health level fitness with external BT sensors for fitness activities, like jogging, biking and skiing. And for the business user, the Blade 3000 Smart Glasses are the perfect workplace tool for delivering enhanced functionality for hands-free, mobile computing requirements. Ideal for light business mobile applications – from accessing real-time data, to navigation, to augmented realty, to HD photography and HD video recording. The perfect mobile communications tool for daily use in your business activities.

The Vuzix Blade 3000 Smart Sunglasses is completely untethered and supports both wireless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interfaces and it delivers a “hands free” digital world, providing unprecedented access to location-aware connected information, data collection and more. A private , see-thru, bright full color, high resolution big screen, that provides a wide range of experiences –in both sunlight and indoors.

The Vuzix Blade 3000 is your very own wearable, mobile personal computer.

To see a video demonstration of the Blade 3000, please click here: https://www.vuzix.com/Products/Series-3000-Smart-Glasses.