-         New OS update gives M-Series glasses the industry's broadest language support 
-         Webinar on May 5 with Vivoka will review this expanded language support

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, today announced the release of an OS update, Version 2.5, for its M400 and M4000 smart glasses. This update follows on the heels of the Company's recently expanded distribution footprint in Europe and Asia, and provides increased language support, including voice recognition of speech commands, for 28 languages.

With this latest OS release, Vuzix' M-series smart glasses now support, in addition to English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese, the following languages:

Vuzix will be hosting a webinar with Vivoka on May 5 to demo and discuss this expanded language support. The details of this event are as follows:

Date: May 5, 2022 
Start Time: 11am ET/5pm CET 
https://vuzix.zoom.us/webinar/register/2716505562442/WN_6dATQ2nYTA-BM9IZUILkgA

"Vuzix smart glasses are presently being used in a long list of countries around the world for a variety of applications and it is important for us to provide as much regional language support as possible," said Paul Travers, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vuzix. "With this latest release, our M-Series smart glasses now provide the broadest language support of any smart glasses in the market."

Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. 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 246 patents and 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 2022 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, and Tokyo, Japan.  For more information, visit the Vuzix website,  Twitter and Facebook pages.

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 Vuzix Smart Glasses, our current and future business relationships and opportunities with Vivoka and among other things the Company's leadership in the Smart Glasses 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.

Ed McGregor, Director of Investor Relations, 
Vuzix Corporation 
ed_mcgregor@vuzix.com
Tel: (585) 359-5985

Vuzix Corporation, 25 Hendrix Road, West Henrietta, NY 14586 USA, 
Investor Information – IR@vuzix.com  www.vuzix.com

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