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09-01-2012: Prototype Prescription 3D Glasses

We are pleased to show off our prototype prescription 3D glasses. They are shown on the front page and the products page. They have both been tested as RealD glasses in a couple of cinemas and with passive 3D TVs and both give a good  3D picture with only a minimal amount of ghosting. This should be reduced as the polarisers had to bent slightly into shape, which will not be necessary with the production models. We have launched a new survey to obtain your opinion  on the prototypes. As an incentive, we will be giving away a pair of our multisystem glasses to one luck person who completes this survey.

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04-07-2012: Optics 3D has New Logo and Announces Brand Names

We are pleased to show off our new logo. Designed to our specifications by TCG Advertising and Design, it is a stylish logo that enhances our image and we hope our customers will be proud to wear glasses with our logo on it.

We are also pleased to announce the names of our glasses. The multisystem glasses with its interchangeable 3D lenses will be known as RxMulti3D. The monosystem 3D glasses will be known as RxMono3D, and the 2D version as RxMono2D. We have logos for these products, also designed by TCG Advertising and Design:

When will these fabulous 3D glasses become available to purchase? Our Chinese suppliers have informed us that we should receive the polarisers for the RxMulti3D glasses next week (week ending 13th July). Assuming this occurs, we will be looking to launch this product on the 6th August. These will be available at launch for RealD 3D, Imax 3D, RealD 2D, Imax 2D and sunglasses. The RxMono3D and 2D glasses should become available sometime in September. We hope to make the anaglyph and Dolby 3D glasses available in about November. We will then look into active prescription 3D glasses which we hope to be able to sell in 2013.

We are now settled in our site in Witney. The address in Suite B, James House, 62 High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6HJ, UK. Our Telephone number is +44(0)1993 866086, our email address is support@optics3d.co.uk and we are on Facebook, (www.facebook.com/optics3d), Google+, (gplus.to/optics3d) and on Twitter (@Optics3D). I am also on linkedin (uk.linkedin.com/in/colinpratt).

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05-06-2012: Multisystem Glasses to be Available in a Range of Colours

We are pleased to announce that our multisystem 3D glasses will be available in a range of colours. These will be black, blue, cyan, green, pink, red, transparent, white and violet. And this is more or less what they will look like:

These frames are almost ready. The polarisers will be ready by about the end of May or Early June and they will become available from that time. The other monosystem frames are expected to be released mid to late July. Before then, we will be gearing up. We have a place lined up in Witney. You can expect to see a makeover of our logo which will appear on out website in the next couple of weeks of so. A week or two after this you can expect to see a makeover of our website, which is being coded by Websites By Mark. The website is going to look very snazzy and professional. In the meantime, we will be acquiring stuff such as furniture, computers, a focimeter, boxes and other stuff, such as the glass cases, microfibre cloths and packaging which will be included with every order. We are really excited with all these development and look forward to increasing the comfort of watching 3D films to all the people who wear glasses. Read this news article in pdf format here.

09-08-2012: Product Launch Update

We reported in our last update that we hoped that our stock from China would arrive on the 17th July and that we would be able to launch our RxMulti3D and 2D glasses on the 6th August. Unfortunately, due to a problem with the glass cases, this did not happen. This issue has now been resolved and the stock is now due to be shipped on the 13th August. Assuming this occurs as planned, we would expect to launch our products on the 3rd September. The good news is that both the RxMulti3D and RxMono3D glasses will be available for RealD, Imax 3D and as sunglasses. The 2D versions will probably be launched at the start of October and the Dolby 3D and anaglyph glasses at the start of November.

We are very sorry for this unavoidable delay, but we feel it is more important to get things right rather than to try to launch before we are ready with sub-standard product.

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18-10-2012: 3D Glasses Now Available

We are pleased to announce that our 3D glasses and sunglasses are available to buy via amazon.co.uk. Unfortunately, due to limitations of their systems, it is not possible to order glasses made to your prescription. Instead, you can buy the glasses with an unglazed Rx insert. Take this your local opticians for glazing to get prescription 3D glasses and prescription sunglasses. We recommend you use this route if you can get them glazed for less than £20 (£24 including VAT). Alternatively, we hope to have prescription 3D glasses and sunglasses available from our website within the next two weeks.

The products now available are our black RxMulti3D glasses for RealD/MasterImage 3D/passive 3DTVs, Imax 3D and sunglasses, and our RxMono3D glasses also for RealD/MasterImage 3D/passive 3DTVs, Imax 3D and sunglasses. The former glasses are available for £54.13 (£64.95 including VAT) or £59.13 (£70.95 including VAT) with an unglazed insert. The latter glasses are available for £16.63 (£19.95 including VAT) or £21.63 (£25.95 including VAT) with an unglazed insert. We also sell the RxMulti3D with all three pairs of polarisers for £70.79 (£84.95 including VAT) or £75.79 (£90.95 including VAT) with an unglazed insert. The RxMulti3D glasses come with a hard case and a microfibre cleaning cloth. The RxMono3D glasses come with a soft case and a microfibre cleaning cloth. These are pictured below. Also available are glasses cases, cleaning cloths, Rx inserts and spare polarisers for RxMulti3D glasses. Click on the pictures to take you to the appropriate Amazon website, and they are also linked from our website. We plan to launch the RxMulti3D glass in other colours over the next month or two. The colours that they will eventually become available in will be black, blue, cyan, green, pink, red, transparent, violet and white.

We have also decided when the draw for the survey prizes are going to be. Just to remind you, the prizes are a first prize of a pair of prescription RxMulti3D glasses with lenses for RealD, Imax 3D, Dolby 3D and sunglasses, and a two second prizes of prescription RxMono3D glasses with lenses of your choice. The draw will take place on October 29th, 2012. We hope to launch our commercial website a week or so after this date. If you have not yet completed the survey you can complete it by clicking here before the 29th.

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