Our history has shaped a core set of principles, ones that are even more true today than when we started. They are the foundation of everything we do at Optaric. What guides every decision we make, from design to deployment.

Our history has shaped a core set of principles, ones that are even more true today than when we started. They are the foundation of everything we do at Optaric. What guides every decision we make, from design to deployment.

Optaric enables hands-free vision, real-time expertise and frontline AI - for increased productivity and safety at global scale.

Born from years of innovation and experience, Optaric is uniquely qualified to deliver the future to your enterprise.

Optaric enables hands-free vision, real-time expertise and frontline AI - for increased productivity and safety at global scale.

Born from years of innovation and experience, Optaric is uniquely qualified to deliver the future to your enterprise.

Optaric enables hands-free vision, real-time expertise and frontline AI - for increased productivity and safety at global scale.

Born from years of innovation and experience, Optaric is uniquely qualified to deliver the future to your enterprise.

Experience that shapes every decision

Experience that shapes every decision

Experience that shapes every decision

Enterprise by design

Our founding team spent years living the practical challenges of enterprise hardware deployments before starting Optaric. That experience is why Optaric starts from the enterprise brief first - what a frontline worker and the IT team supporting them actually need.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Our full range of Optaric Guard smart glasses is engineered from the ground up around safety certification, universal fit, and open integration.​

Optaric leadership's background in enterprise hardware deployments directly shaped the product roadmap.​

Enterprise by design

Our founding team spent years living the practical challenges of enterprise hardware deployments before starting Optaric. That experience is why Optaric starts from the enterprise brief first - what a frontline worker and the IT team supporting them actually need.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Our full range of Optaric Guard smart glasses is engineered from the ground up around safety certification, and universal fit.​

Optaric leadership's background in enterprise hardware deployments directly shaped the product roadmap.​

Fit for all​

Optaric is built for the entire frontline workforce, not an idealized user. Eye dominance splits roughly 70/30 across the population, and vision correction needs climb steadily with age. A product that only works for one eye, or assumes uncorrected vision, is not enterprise grade.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Over-glasses design, worn over existing prescription eyewear - no custom lenses required.​

Binocular display design on Optaric Guard works regardless of eye dominance.​

Fit for all​

Optaric is built for the entire frontline workforce, not an idealized user. Eye dominance splits roughly 70/30 across the population, and vision correction needs climb steadily with age. A product that only works for one eye, or assumes uncorrected vision, is not enterprise grade.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Over-glasses design, worn over existing prescription eyewear - no custom lenses required.​

Binocular display design on Optaric Guard works regardless of eye dominance.​

Fit for all​

Optaric is built for the entire frontline workforce, not an idealized user. Eye dominance splits roughly 70/30 across the population, and vision correction needs climb steadily with age. A product that only works for one eye, or assumes uncorrected vision, is not enterprise grade.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Over-glasses design, worn over existing prescription eyewear - no custom lenses required.​

Binocular display design on Optaric Guard works regardless of eye dominance.​

Safety first​

For roles where eye protection is required, Optaric Guard isn't worn alongside PPE - it is the PPE. It's certified as safety glasses in its own right, built to serve as the primary certified eye protection on the job​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Certified to ANSI Z87.1 and EN ISO 16321 safety glasses standards - built as primary eye protection, not an add-on.​

Modular architecture with field-replaceable front shields, each independently certified.​

Safety first​

For roles where eye protection is required, Optaric Guard isn't worn alongside PPE - it is the PPE. It's certified as safety glasses in its own right, built to serve as the primary certified eye protection on the job​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Certified to ANSI Z87.1 and EN ISO 16321 safety glasses standards - built as primary eye protection, not an add-on.​

Modular architecture with field-replaceable front shields, each independently certified.​

Open by design​

Enterprises already run the AI they've chosen, and Optaric will never force a switch to a bundled, vendor-locked AI. Optaric Guard runs on Android, giving IT and developers an open platform to build on.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Optaric Guard runs on Android, giving enterprises a genuinely open platform - not a closed vendor SDK.​

Enterprises integrate their own AI or vision AI provider through the open SDK.​

Open by design​

Enterprises already run the AI they've chosen, and Optaric will never force a switch to a bundled, vendor-locked AI. Optaric Guard runs on Android, giving IT and developers an open platform to build on.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Optaric Guard runs on Android, giving enterprises a genuinely open platform - not a closed vendor SDK.​

Enterprises integrate their own AI or vision AI provider through the open SDK.​

Enterprise data, protected​

Operational data captured by frontline workers is sensitive and often regulated. Optaric Guard's open Android platform means data capture and storage integrate directly with the enterprise's own applications and infrastructure.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Data capture and storage integrate directly with the enterprise's own applications and infrastructure.​

No Optaric servers sit in the data path by default.​

Enterprise data, protected​

Operational data captured by frontline workers is sensitive and often regulated. Optaric Guard's open Android platform means data capture and storage integrate directly with the enterprise's own applications and infrastructure.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Data capture and storage integrate directly with the enterprise's own applications and infrastructure.​

No Optaric servers sit in the data path by default.​

Enterprise IT, first​

Every deployment lives or dies by how easy it is for enterprise IT to support. We put the enterprise IT admin in the room at the design stage - not as an afterthought.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Designed to integrate with standard enterprise MDM and EMM device management platforms.​ .

Devices provisioned, reissued, and retired as fleet assets - not managed one by one.​

Enterprise IT, first​

Every deployment lives or dies by how easy it is for enterprise IT to support. We put the enterprise IT admin in the room at the design stage - not as an afterthought.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Designed to integrate with standard enterprise MDM and EMM device management platforms.​ .

Devices provisioned, reissued, and retired as fleet assets - not managed one by one.​

Enterprise data, protected​

Operational data captured by frontline workers is sensitive and often regulated. Optaric Guard's open Android platform means data capture and storage integrate directly with the enterprise's own applications and infrastructure.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Data capture and storage integrate directly with the enterprise's own applications and infrastructure.​

No Optaric servers sit in the data path by default.​

Enterprise data, protected​

Operational data captured by frontline workers is sensitive and often regulated. Optaric Guard's open Android platform means data capture and storage integrate directly with the enterprise's own applications and infrastructure.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Data capture and storage integrate directly with the enterprise's own applications and infrastructure.​

No Optaric servers sit in the data path by default.​

Enterprise IT, first​

Every deployment lives or dies by how easy it is for enterprise IT to support. We put the enterprise IT admin in the room at the design stage - not as an afterthought.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Designed to integrate with standard enterprise MDM and EMM device management platforms.​ .

Devices provisioned, reissued, and retired as fleet assets - not managed one by one.​

Enterprise IT, first​

Every deployment lives or dies by how easy it is for enterprise IT to support. We put the enterprise IT admin in the room at the design stage - not as an afterthought.​

ALREADY DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND​

Designed to integrate with standard enterprise MDM and EMM device management platforms.​ .

Devices provisioned, reissued, and retired as fleet assets - not managed one by one.​

These principles aren't another mission statement. They are a commitment

These principles aren't another mission statement. They are a commitment

The founding team

Dr. Chris Parkinson

CEO

Founder & CEO of RealWear; previously President of Enterprise Solutions at Vuzix

Responsible for the world's most deployed smart glasses for frontline workers

Specialist in hands-free UX and voice control for industrial environments

Derrick Sawyer

CRO

Previously CRO at RealWear, VP of Enterprise Sales at Vuzix

Built multi-million $ two-tier channel ecosystems: Distribution, Telco, VAR and SI

Category builder: took industrial wearables from niche concept to global market standard

Owen Loughrey

COO

Previously VP Operations (Global) at RealWear, VP Enterprise Partnerships at Vuzix;

Built RealWear's global channel program: Distribution, Telco, VAR & SI from zero

Led systems integration across post-acquisition mergers without losing commercial momentum

Full-stack operator: CRM, supply chain, partner portals, GTM — all built from scratch

The founding team

Dr. Chris Parkinson

CEO

Founder & CEO of RealWear; previously President of Enterprise Solutions at Vuzix

Responsible for the world's most deployed smart glasses for frontline workers

Specialist in hands-free UX and voice control for industrial environments

Derrick Sawyer

CRO

Previously CRO at RealWear, VP of Enterprise Sales at Vuzix

Built multi-million $ two-tier channel ecosystems: Distribution, Telco, VAR and SI

Category builder: took industrial wearables from niche concept to global market standard

Owen Loughrey

COO

Previously VP Operations (Global) at RealWear, VP Enterprise Partnerships at Vuzix;

Built RealWear's global channel program: Distribution, Telco, VAR & SI from zero

Led systems integration across post-acquisition mergers without losing commercial momentum

Full-stack operator: CRM, supply chain, partner portals, GTM — all built from scratch

2007

Chris's Innovation begins

Patents, patents, patents.

2015

Chris starts RealWear

Products products,products.

2019

Derrick & Owen join RealWear

Enabling enterprises to scale

2024

100,000 units

Milestone achieved, category created.

2025

Team joins Vuzix

Embraces waveguide technology

2026

Optaric emerges...

The transformation is complete

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