Employee Benefit Plans (Additional Information) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Percentage Of Employee Deferrals	100.00%vuzi_PercentageOfEmployeeDeferrals

An employer's contribution towards an employee's 401(k) plan on the employee's behalf that could have been accepted as cash, but was deferred by the employee.

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Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
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