page_title: Epiphany Eyewear
section_title: Vergence Labs acquisition
hierarchical_section_title: Epiphany Eyewear / Vergence Labs acquisition
caption_attribution_description: English: Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari, wearing Epiphany Eyewear
context_page_description: Epiphany Eyewear are smartglasses developed by Vergence Labs. The glasses record video stored within the glasses' hardware for live-stream upload to a computer or social media. The glasses use smartphone technology. The head mounted display is a mobile computer and a high-definition camera. The glasses take photographic images, record or stream video to a smartphone or computer tablet.
  The style of the eyewear frames is similar to the basic designer-like frames made famous and worn by Buddy Holly. The multifunction plastic titanium framed glasses are controlled by pressing tactile buttons on the sidebar of the frame to activate the camera or determine the darkness of the sun glass lens. If a prescription eye glass lens is needed, a prescription lens with a Nominal Base Curve of 2 diopters can be installed by an optometrist.
context_section_description: Snap Inc. acquired Vergence Labs, Inc. and its subsidiary Epiphany Eyewear. Vergence Labs, Inc., the stockholders and Vergence Labs’ CEO Erick Miller as the stockholders’ agent, approved the stock purchase agreement and Vergence Labs, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Snapchat in early 2014.
  Epiphany Eyewear were developed by Vergence Labs Co-Founder & CEO Erick Miller; Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer Jon Rodriguez, a former Facebook Engineer Peter Brook, Product Designer David Meisenholder who designed the GL-20 Polaroid video glasses for Lady Gaga, and a former Lenovo Global Product Marketing Manager Cory Grenier.
caption: Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari
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