We put the wearer in focus and ensure that the tooz optics platform and designs are not only feasible to create but also desirable for daily use

Our mission

Upgrade normal prescription glasses with digital screens through tooz optical engines which enable cost-effective, unobtrusive and turnkey smart glasses solutions.

Our story is unique

tooz technologies GmbH, founded in 2018 as a spin-off of ZEISS, is a B2B engineering and licensing company.

With the mission to upgrade everyday prescription glasses with digital screens, we develop optical systems and solutions for smart glasses with and without prescription. The smart glasses technology by tooz unleashes a variety of new use cases across industries, in the health sector and for end consumers in everyday life.

We are continuously innovating our optical engineering and smart glasses technology at our headquarters and pilot lab in Aalen, Germany.

 

2009

Founding patents of the technology platform are filed from ZEISS corporate research

2015

ZEISS Smart Optics GmbH is founded

2016

ZEISS Smart Optics GmbH presents the first waveguide at CES in Las Vegas

2017

Deutsche Telekom & ZEISS announce their collaboration at MWC in Barcelona

2018

Deutsche Telekom & ZEISS form tooz technologies GmbH to develop smart glasses for the consumer market

2019

Ten years later, tooz applies for its 150th patent

2020

tooz launches its Developer Kit “tooz DevKit” in China, followed by the EU and USA

2021

The tooz pilot lab in Germany is inaugurated

2022

tooz launches ESSNZ Berlin, the first prescription glasses with augmentation

2023

ZEISS becomes the sole owner of tooz

2009

Founding patents of the technology platform are filed from ZEISS corporate research

2016

ZEISS Smart Optics GmbH presents the first waveguide at CES in Las Vegas

2018

Deutsche Telekom & ZEISS form tooz technologies GmbH to develop smart glasses for the consumer market

2020

tooz launches its Developer Kit “tooz DevKit” in China, followed by the EU and USA

2022

tooz launches ESSNZ Berlin, the first prescription glasses with augmentation

2015

ZEISS Smart Optics GmbH is founded

2017

Deutsche Telekom & ZEISS announce their collaboration at MWC in Barcelona

2019

Ten years later, tooz applies for its 150th patent

2021

The tooz pilot lab in Germany is inaugurated

2023

ZEISS becomes the sole owner of tooz

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