January 2015
Dr. Chris Parkinson incorporates in State of Washington as WearNext, Inc.
April 2016
Co-Founders named:
Andy Lowery, Chris Parkinson, Brian Hamilton, and Sanjay Jhawar.
July 2016
Opens office #1 in Milpitas, California.
Receives first seed investment.
Company renamed to RealWear, Inc.
First 10 employees join.
August 2016
First China, India and UK members join.
September 2016
Launches HMT Pioneer Program.
Barcotec becomes RealWear customer #1.
January 2017
Organizes RealWear Summit & Barcotec becomes first reseller.
March 2017
Ships HMT-1 Beta units to RealWear Pioneer Program members.
June 2017
Receives $200K grant from state of WA.
September 2017
Opens RealWear HQ “Fort RealWear” In Vancouver, WA office.
October 2017
General availability of world’s 100% first hands-free wearable computers, HMT-1.
December 2017
Closes 2017 with $2M revenue.
January 2018
Closes $19.3M Series A funding round.
May 2018
Honeywell becomes global RealWear distributor & announces availability of Skills Insight Intelligent Wearables running on the HMT-1Z1.
May 2018
RealWear announces world’s first Intrinsically Safe head-mounted wearable HMT-1Z1.
October 2018
Colgate-Palmolive standardizes globally on HMT-1 & rolls out HMT-1s to 20 manufacturing facilities in 11 countries.
April 2019
Shell deploys HMT-1 and HMT-1Z1 globally through Honeywell in 12 countries and 24 operational sites, declaring “next era of computing.”
March 2019
RealWear Unleashes Major Software Upgrade For HMT-1.
May 2019
GLOBALFOUNDRIES determined RealWear can slash training time by 30% to 50%.
May 2019
Airbus leverages HMT-1 with Ubimax to top cut administrative costs in inspections by 41%.
June 2019
BMW rolls out Ubimax on HMT-1s across every North American dealership improving repair time by 70-75%.
June 2019
RealWear Wins Auggie Award for “Best Headworn Device.”
July 2019
RealWear closes Series B for $80M, bringing total raised to over $100M.