Smart Eyewear Lab

Smart Eyewear Lab

EssilorLuxottica | Smart Eyewear Lab

EssilorLuxottica and Politecnico di Milano, one of the top 20th technological universities worldwide, have created the first ever joint research platform – the EssilorLuxottica Smart Eyewear Lab - aimed at designing the smart glasses of the future.

A partnership for the smart glasses of the future
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The project will encompass industrial research and experimental development of devices underlying a new generation of wearables which are capable of autonomous network connection.

The EssilorLuxottica Smart Eyewear Lab will employ both industrial and academic researchers and scientists, developing a highly international research environment that fosters synergies and transversality.

Joining the EssilorLuxottica Smart Eyewear Lab means having the opportunity to live an immersive, first-hand experience in innovation while working in a passion-driven and diverse environment involving international stakeholders and talents.

Thanks to the top-notch university partner Politecnico di Milano, unique collaborations as with Meta and purpose-driven talents, EssilorLuxottica accelerates its mission “see more and be more” empowering the world to contribute in a real and impactful way to a better future.

The project will encompass industrial research and experimental development of devices underlying a new generation of wearables which are capable of autonomous network connection.

The framework agreement

The EssilorLuxottica Smart Eyewear Lab is based in Milan and works as part of the Group's global R&D platform comprised of close to 44 R&D facilities dedicated to vision care, eyewear design, sustainability and digital transformation, over thousands researchers and more than 13,000 patents.

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Main research areas of interest

Eye-tracking

Camera and sensor

Optical integration

Smart Eyewear Lab Team

Based on the three macro research areas there will be three dedicated teams led by one top scientist and one project manager per stream. Within each team there will then be professors, senior researchers and junior researchers. For a total team of more than 100 talents at the end of 5 years.


You can join the team and contribute to designing the next generation of smart glasses with an academic research pathway with Politecnico di Milano as Executive PhD or professional with EssilorLuxottica.

Envision your future job in the Smart Eyewear Lab

Leader's quotes
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"Innovation is at the heart of EssilorLuxottica’s business model. The lines between physical and virtual worlds are becoming increasingly blurred, outlining completely unprecedented horizons and offering a unique challenge that will propel us into the future. These new models are keys for unlocking an enormous potential of development for the job market and the entire economic system."


Francesco Milleri

(EssilorLuxottica Chairman and CEO)

"Smart eyewear will enrich the way we sense the world around us, giving us superpowers. Superpowers to live the moment at its fullest, while taking advantage of an entirely new dimension when we need it, where we need it. All this magic will be hidden in a piece of eyewear, an accessory that will always be the seamless extension of our personality and style, yet will guarantee vision correction and protection."


Federico Buffa

(EssilorLuxottica R&D, Product Style & Licensing Director)

"The EssilorLuxottica Smart Eyewear Lab is central to the development of Politecnico di Milano’s Bovisa Innovation District. It stems from on a win- win approach between industry and academia on foresight and trending technological research. It is a one-off occasion to attract talent, to open up to an international perspective, to reimagine not only new products, but also entire processes and services with an impact on society.”


Donatella Sciuto

(Rector at Politecnico di Milano)

"Innovation is at the heart of EssilorLuxottica’s business model. The lines between physical and virtual worlds are becoming increasingly blurred, outlining completely unprecedented horizons and offering a unique challenge that will propel us into the future. These new models are keys for unlocking an enormous potential of development for the job market and the entire economic system."


Francesco Milleri

(EssilorLuxottica Chairman and CEO)
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