Vuzix Engages Investor Relations Firm

ROCHESTER, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/05/11 -- Vuzix Corporation (TSX-V: VZX) (OTCBB: VUZI) (FRANKFURT: V7X) ("Vuzix" or, the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has engaged Pentony Enterprises LLC of Texas, USA (Pentony) to provide investor awareness and communications services to Vuzix. Pentony will be posting Vuzix news and existing company information through email alerts to its subscribers and on its network of investor relations websites and blogs during the service period. An audio interview, conducted by Pentony with Vuzix' CEO Paul Travers, will be posted on their main website, StockGuru.com. In consideration for its services from today's date until June 17, 2011, Pentony shall be paid a fee of $8,000. Pentony will not receive additional compensation for expenses or stock options and does not currently hold shares of Vuzix.

About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of Video Eyewear products in the defense, consumer and media & entertainment markets. The Company's products, personal display devices that offer users a portable high quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, thermal sighting systems, tactical wearable displays and Virtual and Augmented Reality. With its origins in defense research and development for next generation display solutions, Vuzix holds over 51 patents in the Video Eyewear field. The Company has won 9 Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Awards, the Retail Vision Best New Product and several wireless technology innovation awards, among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (TSX-V: VZX) (OTCBB: VUZI) (FRANKFURT: V7X) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK and Tokyo, Japan. For more information visit www.vuzix.com.

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For further information, please contact:

Charlotte Walker
VP Corporation Communications
Email Contact
75 Town Centre Dr.,
Rochester, NY USA
Tel: +1 (585) 359-5910

Source: Vuzix Corporation