Vizo

What Vizo does

Vizo is a privately held Japanese for-profit technology company headquartered in Kanagawa, Japan, founded in 2017. According to firmographic data, the company positions itself as a 'video revolution' business offering video solutions and services alongside AI solutions specifically focused on video data. The company is led by Ho Fi Kuhn, who serves as Representative Director and Founder. Vizo operates without a public ticker and is registered as a private company.

Public visibility into Vizo's product portfolio, customer base, pricing, and operational scale is extremely limited. The company's domain, vizo.co.jp, currently resolves only to a Roundcube Webmail login portal, indicating an absence of a public marketing or product website. No funding rounds, headcount figures, named customers, partnerships, certifications, patents, or revenue disclosures are present in the available sources. The leadership team contains only one identified member (the founder), with no management_team entries populated, and the contact_details array is empty.

Source attribution note: A substantial portion of the aggregated input data contains structured fields describing an entity called VIZO as an XR (extended reality) AR glasses brand launched by TOZO, including detailed product specifications for the VIZO V1 AR Glasses (118-inch virtual screen, 1080p resolution, 1800-nit brightness), Kickstarter launch details, and a TOZO partnership. These data points reference a separate entity — TOZO's VIZO XR sub-brand — and are inconsistent with the firmographic identification of Vizo as a Japanese video solutions and AI provider. This analysis is grounded in the firmographic primary identification.

Name

Vizo

Legal name

VIZO (TOZO's XR brand)

Website

https://vizo.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Vizo is a privately held Japanese technology company founded in 2017 and based in Kanagawa. It offers video solutions and services alongside AI solutions focused on video data, led by founder Ho Fi Kuhn.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Consumer AR Wearables

NAICS

Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411), Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (334118)

SIC

Household Audio & Video Equipment (3651), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

AR Smart Glasses (CRACAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

VR/XR Hardware & Accessories (Headsets, Controllers, Trackers, Haptics) (MPAFAGAG), VR/AR Gaming Hardware (Headsets & Controllers) (HDACANAD)

Keywords

• Augmented reality glasses
• Consumer AR wearables
• Portable XR hardware
• AI video solutions
• Video display devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Kanagawa

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. AR Hardware Sales: Revenue generated from sale of VIZO V1 AR Glasses and future XR product portfolio. One-time hardware purchase model targeting individual consumers in the AR wearables market.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Vizo designs, develops, and sells consumer augmented reality (AR) glasses — headlined by the VIZO V1 — that project a 118-inch HD virtual screen via dual 1080p Micro-OLED displays, connecting through USB-C to smartphones, laptops, gaming consoles, and drones. The company also provides AI solutions centered on video data processing and analytics.

Product overview

VIZO is a new XR (Extended Reality) brand launched by TOZO, representing the company's debut into augmented reality wearables. The initial product offering is the VIZO V1 AR Glasses, which serves as the foundation of VIZO's XR product portfolio. The brand leverages TOZO's engineering expertise to deliver consumer AR wearables, with plans to expand the product line as consumer interest in AR wearables grows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VIZO V1 AR Glasses The VIZO V1 is a consumer AR wearable that connects via USB-C to smartphones, laptops, gaming consoles, and drones, projecting a 118-inch HD virtual screen through two 1080p Micro-OLED displays with built-in 3DoF head tracking and myopia correction dials, designed for individual consumers seeking a portable large-screen viewing experience.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully funded on Kickstarter, demonstrating market validation

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TOZOflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTOZO launched VIZO as a new XR brand, serving as the parent company providing engineering expertise, resources, and manufacturing capabilities for VIZO products. VIZO represents TOZO's expansion into the extended reality (XR) wearable market. TOZO's established engineering capabilities support VIZO's product development and portfolio expansion plans.

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft (HoloLens): Microsoft HoloLens is an established AR headset platform with mature optics, sensors, and software stack. While enterprise-focused, it is a relevant incumbent comparable to VIZO in the underlying AR display and optics category.
• Meta (Ray-Ban Meta / Meta Quest): Meta competes in adjacent consumer AR/XR via Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and Quest headsets. While its glasses are currently audio/camera-focused rather than display-focused, Meta represents the dominant platform incumbent VIZO must differentiate against as Meta moves toward display-equipped AR glasses.
• HTV Vive (HTC VIVE): HTC VIVE manufactures VR/XR headsets and accessories that overlap with VIZO's XR hardware focus, particularly in portable and immersive display categories. VIVE is a broader incumbent with both consumer and enterprise exposure.
• Apple (Apple Vision Pro): Apple's Vision Pro and rumored Apple Glasses define the premium end of the consumer XR market that VIZO's display specs implicitly benchmark against. Apple is a broad incumbent setting category expectations for resolution, brightness, and ecosystem integration.

Direct peers

• Vuzix: Vuzix is an established smart-glasses maker with consumer and enterprise AR products using similar waveguide/micro-display optics to VIZO. It is comparable in category and component approach, though Vuzix has historically skewed more enterprise-focused.
• RayNeo (TCL RayNeo): RayNeo is TCL's consumer AR glasses brand, competing head-to-head with VIZO in portable display eyewear. Both sell through direct-to-consumer channels and target the same 'personal cinema' use case with comparable Micro-OLED display technology.
• Snap (Spectacles): Snap's Spectacles are AR glasses targeted at consumers and developers with comparable portable form-factor ambitions. While Snap emphasizes camera/AR overlays rather than cinema displays, both companies are pursuing the same mainstream consumer AR glasses category.
• XREAL: XREAL is one of the closest direct competitors to VIZO in consumer AR glasses for portable cinema-scale viewing. Both target mainstream consumers with tethered USB-C display glasses (e.g., XREAL Air series) and compete on resolution, brightness, and form factor in the same price band.
• Rokid: Rokid builds consumer AR glasses such as the Rokid Air and Max series, directly competing with VIZO on portable immersive display glasses with similar use cases (mobile cinema, productivity, gaming). Comparable specs and price positioning make Rokid a core direct peer.

Emerging players

• Magic Leap: Magic Leap develops AR headsets and glasses and overlaps with VIZO in display optics and immersive XR use cases. It is a partial peer given its enterprise tilt and higher price points, but comparable as an XR hardware platform player.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vizo360
• Facebookfacebook.com/vizo360

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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