Safilo Group, the Italian eyewear company, has begun 3D-printing products through its American brand of sports glasses, Smith, with what it calls Imprint 3D Technology. One result is the Smith I/O MAG Imprint 3D goggle, which it claims to be the “first custom goggle built to the individual features of a person’s face.” Customers can use the Smith app to scan their face and send in the data, fed into HP’s industrial Multi Jet Fusion platform, for processing at Smith’s factory in the U.S. Using 3D technology, Smith then prints customized components for assembly into the final product, which Safilo claims will offer superior comfort, eliminate the light leak and pressure points of an improper fit, and expand the field of vision. The I/O MAG Imprint 3D goggle comes with Smith’s ChromaPop lenses and is available only in North America and through www.smithoptics.com.
