autofocus glasses

Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://thenextweb.com/news/worlds-first-autofocus-glasses-ixi-startup

As a guy closing in on 50, losing my near vision really annoys me. And the current solutions are weak at best, which annoys me even more. These and the other companies working on similar sound great. But someone tell me why I would need a prescription for them? And is that true in the EU? The article makes it sound like getting them approved to be prescribed is a big hurdle. They seem like better reading glasses, which I don’t need a prescription to buy.

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squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
“Prescription glasses” only mean “glasses with optical properties”, so glasses that actually do anything with focus, as opposed to e.g. non-prescription sunglasses or non-prescription accessory glasses that people wear to look smart or something.

It doesn’t mean you need a prescription for them.

(That said: in some countries you need a prescription for your prescription glasses if you want your health insurance to pay for them.)

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coffeetastesbadlikecoffee@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is INSANE, my entire household could make imense use of theese with our shitty eyesight! I don’t cary about any reviews, I will be preordering 3 pairs of theese as soon as possible. I just hope they don’t patent the shit out of them so there will be competitors and the prices won’t be astronomical.

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qweertz@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Looking forward to when these are actually affordable, like in a few decades.

Assuming they haven’t gone bankrupt by then ((:

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Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I want glasses with the ability to clean themselves.

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- VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
A manual focus version would be cool too. I don’t like the idea of having yet another thing to charge.

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- lurch@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  you’ll look like the king of nerds, but that’s a thing: en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Adjustable-focus_eyeglasses
  
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  - starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Pics for the lazy
    
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  - yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    oh damn, I’ve never seen one in person, but I don’t really care about judgment by others, so if I could get some prescription lenses on those, that’d be ideal.
    
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- AJ1@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  eventually they’ll come out with a device that charges you while you wear all of your chargeable items. you just plug yourself into a USB outlet and all your shit gets charged simultaneously
  
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jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
My GUESS would be that you get a prescription for whatever your vision requires as a baseline, then the auto focus kicks in for reading.

The intention is to replace bifocals or progressives, so you’d still have your primary prescription + adjustment for reading.

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- Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I hope you are right. But I don’t have a perscription. So I would need clear by default, and only autofocusing for reading. I shouldn’t need a script for that.
  
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- shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That was my take, and I hope we’re both right. I’d kill for glasses that auto-focus as readers. I wear contacts most of the time when outside, so maybe not such a savior for me.
  
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roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Because they are a medical device and there are negative medical repercussions to using glasses that don’t conform to your needed prescription.

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- Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I can go buy readers when I don’t need them. I’ve been told that using a higher power than you need is bad for you as well. And you can buy glasses online with no script. So I don’t think that reason would be valid.
  
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9point6@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I don’t think I want it to be possible for someone’s glasses to die or freeze

People do dangerous things that are made safer by the fact they can see—like driving

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- Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Well, I have tried multiple sets of reading glasses at different magnification. They all work fine. So I don’t think it needs to be that exact to match the person. And I would think some sort of calibration, either by manual means or plugging them into a smartphone and using an app should cover that. I doubt it corrects for things like astigmatism that are more complex.
  
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- Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’d just keep a spare pair of normal glasses in the car. Anyone that has gotten to the point of needed glasses for both distance and reading likely has old pairs of glasses that can sit in a glove box. Even a slightly outdated prescription works in a pinch.
  
  Bifocals and or swapping between distance and readers is a fucking pain. Something that solves that automatically, without a medical procedure, would be fucking amazing.
  
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  - 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I think I’m more concerned about the unfortunate scenarios where:
    
    Glasses fuck up meaning driver can only see near -> something that needs quick reactions happens to avoid someone dying -> driver is fumbling with glasses or trying to find a spare pair -> somebody dies
    
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tomkatt@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sounds great. I’m in my 40s with myopia, astigmatism, and more recently, presbyopia.

Progressive lenses don’t work for me, and needing two pairs of glasses is not ideal, even if it mostly works. Autofocusing lenses sound awesome.

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Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
My neighbor just bought a pair off of tv, theyre a scam, just +25 reading glasses…

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- Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah, my wife got me something that claimed to auto focus. Was just a pair of progressive readers.
  
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- Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  IXI isn’t selling their glasses yet. Your neighbor did not buy what the article is talking about.
  
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Mbourgon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Interesting concept, here’s hoping. They could definitely take a bite out of the progressive market, especially for people who buy a pair of dedicated reading glasses. Comes down to how much lenses cost, how much/many options the frames come with… I suspect this will be a super niche thing, but on board for it

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hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Interesting idea.

Armed with fresh funding, IXI is now planning to ramp up R&D, expand its team of 50 people, and move into a new headquarters with a purpose-built lab and clean room facilities. The company plans to hold the first live demos of its glasses later this year.

But maybe I shouldn’t hold my breath.

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QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Thanks but I dont want specs thatneed charging or can “crash”

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- gdog05@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I don’t either but I sure would like to be able to read stuff sometimes.
  
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  - UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You can do that with this novel technology called “a second pair of glasses for reading”.
    
    Alternatively, if you don’t want to constantly adjust because you only need to read something quick, try taking off your glasses and squinting.
    
    Could save you thousands of dollars and hours on the line with technical support.
    
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  - QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    multifocals areyour friend then
    
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Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
And prescriptions for glasses in general bug me. The only argument for requiring them and having them expire I have heard is that the wrong perscription could be dangerous while driving and such. But heck, we don’t make you retake the drivers test every 2 years, and people’s driving skills certainly decrease with age. So why prescriptions? Seems like another one of those good for business and not for people laws.

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- throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You can just go online and buy them, they don’t care about “expired” prescriptions, they only need the numbers.
  
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  - Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Sure, but I shouldn’t have to. Seems like more of a reason that requiring perscriptions isn’t really about anything but money.
    
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  - BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    True for glasses, illegal for contacts. It’s the dumbest shit ever. I don’t need a prescription for band aids, why do I need one for eye correction?
    
    $$$
    
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- Hoimo@ani.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  How do I prescriptions for glasses even work on your side of the pond? I assumed it was just jargon of a sort, because round these parts I just go to a glasses seller and ask him for his strongest glasses. Then he says “no traveller, my strongest glasses are too strong for you, you can’t handle my strongest glasses” and does the eye test with me before making lenses at the proper strength.
  
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  - BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You go to an eye doctor, they do the various tests and create a prescription with the necessary details to get you the right glasses. For the next year, you can use that prescription to buy glasses anywhere you want.
    
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