Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage Of Revenues From External Customers	43.00%	36.00%
Maximum Percentage Of Revenues From Foreign Countries	10.00%
Percentage On Accounts Receivable	6.00%vuzi_PercentageOnAccountsReceivable	79.00%vuzi_PercentageOnAccountsReceivable
Advertising Expense	$ 192,181us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	$ 231,552us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Stock Options	260,747us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	159,272us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Asset Impairment Charges	$ 104,716us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	$ 73,423us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Remaining Amortization Period	3 years
Earnings Per Share, Potentially Dilutive Securities	7,012,767	7,362,293
M100 Smart Glass
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Best Selling Price Per Unit	25
Minimum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Remaining Amortization Period	3 years
Trademarks and Patents
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Remaining Amortization Period	15 years
Minority Stockholder
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	10.00%	17.00%

Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would have been antidilutive for the period presented.

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