Posted on 09/28/2010 7:28:07 PM PDT by shove_it
For many people past the age of 40, focusing on close objects restaurant menus, — for instance — just gets harder and harder.
Most people with this condition, called presbyopia, eventually give in and get reading glasses, bifocals or glasses with progressive lenses.
But what if there were another alternative that didn't require people to carry an extra set of glasses or have only part of their field of vision in focus at any one time?
Zoom Focus Eyewear LLC, of Van Nuys, Calif., has just such an option, and with it won this year's Silver Innovation Award. The solution: eyeglasses, called TruFocals, that the wearer can manually adjust to give clear, undistorted vision whether reading a book, working on a computer or looking into the distance.
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I’m sure they’ll make better looking ones if they catch on.
I’d definately try them. I have a weird thing with my eyes which is one eye is much more near-sighted than the other, and actually the last time I was told the better eye is now slightly far-sighted.
So I tried the “progessives” and then regular bi-focals, but they just did not work for me.
When I took a class last year that required both book work and looking up at a black board at the front of the room I had to keep switching back and forth between pairs.
These might solve my problems!
Glad they kept working on revising early models. Seven pounds, ouch!
Exactly my thought as to what it will take to make these practical, except that I thought it might make use of the convergence angle of both eyes to calculate distance to focal point and adjust focus accordingly.
Agree....see my response in 44.
I wear progressives, I’m blurred at ALL distances. And the three fields in the progressives is not enough like natural vision. Just had my second cataract surgery 2 weeks ago this Thursday. Hopefully my eye doc can reduce the strength of my glasses when I’m ready for a new RX for them. My reader sits at about 450 now.
I have that problem with computer use, I had my doctor do a pair of RX computer single distance lens glasses, it solved the problem. You can get those as cheap as $30 from Walmart vision centers. They can set your focal length to what you want, they do it for my regular glasses as I do most of my reading and quilting in my lap because of the arthritis in my hands (less strain on my arms and hands).
Oh man, can I get a trial pair of these? They look fabulous!
For the pixel glasses, is a Rx needed or can anyone just buy em and let them work. It looks incredible to me.
“For the pixel glasses, is a Rx needed or can anyone just buy em and let them work. It looks incredible to me.”
**They’ll be prescribed by optometrists just like regular glasses today**
“Oh man, can I get a trial pair of these? They look fabulous!”
Those are just the prototype pair, but you’re right, they look good already. Believe me, if trial pairs were available, I’d have a pair myself. Plus the maker will work with several frame design firms to offer many different designs for men and women. Commercial launch of first products should be coming in a few months.
All that tripping and bumping might explain how you got so ugly - badump, dump, {cymbal crash}.
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