Eyeweb

Online eyewear startup. Manhattan NY (software) + Evanston IL (hardware/devices) + Paris metro (every 6 months — Pierre Fay's French connections) + Tokyo (market/partnerships). Founded 1996. Virtual try-on technology + sonar-based PD measurement devices. Troy Pearsall ran tech/engineering team across all locations. Pierre Fay (Parisian, naturalized American) co-founder. Pre-IQT role. Silicon Alley era. Strategic alliance with VisionWeb Oct 2001. GEOGRAPHIC REACH: the Paris trips were through Pierre's French network; Tokyo suggests either manufacturing partnerships, optical industry connections (Japan dominates eyewear manufacturing — Luxottica Asia, Silhouette), or tech licensing.