Deutsche Telekom and Zeiss Create Smart Glasses Startup
- Tooz technologies develops eye wear drawing on the cloud
- Backers seek to license technology to makers of smart glasses
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Deutsche Telekom AG has created a digital glasses startup with manufacturer Carl Zeiss AG, as Europe’s biggest telecoms company joins the race in developing usable augmented reality devices.
The startup, Tooz Technologies Inc., is developing glasses using optics invented by Zeiss, combined with Deutsche Telekom’s connectivity services -- in a bid to make spectacles that are lighter and use less energy.