A press release from El Corte Inglés announces that its stores will officially begin offering Mimic Eyewear 3D-printed personalized glasses to all customers . These glasses will be available through its subsidiary, Optica 2000 , and will be custom-made for each interested customer.
For now, these personalized glasses, manufactured using 3D printing, can only be purchased at El Corte Inglés stores on Avenida Diagonal (Barcelona) or in Sanchinarro (Madrid), although if the reception of this idea is interesting enough, they will soon be offered in more stores.
El Corte Inglés begins to market Mimic Eyewear's 3D printed glasses.
Going into a bit more detail, these unique glasses are made of polyamide and, according to the press release, are custom-made for each person, as they are adapted to the shape of their face. Among the parameters taken into account are the distance between the eyes, the distance between the eye and the ear, and even the curvature of the nose.
To take all these details into account, the specialists will first have to perform a scan of the client's face and then, taking into account the type of lens that the client needs, offer a specific model from among the nine models that have been launched, which are also available in ten different colors, allowing us to talk about up to 270 different combinations since it is possible to change the color of the temples, the front and even incorporate the person's name.
According to the statements of Francisco Gil , product manager of Optica 2000:
Until now, you had come to an optician and had hundreds of glasses that you could try on, but with Mimic we will be able to eliminate those stocks and be more efficient and sustainable. This does not mean that the client will not be able to try on the glasses since the centers that sell Mimic will have virtual fitting rooms that will allow them to see how each model looks digitally on each person's face, which will help to choose frames and colors from a total of 270 different combinations. The glasses, printed on polyamide through a layering technique, will be delivered to the customer in 10 working days after placing the order.