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Eyewear technology company, eSight, has launched its new generation eSight 3 electronic autofocus wearable magnifier in New Zealand and Australia. This hands-free low vision glasses technology aims to help visually-impaired patients see in much the same way as sighted people do, allowing them to car
‘Shaun of the dead’ actor and screenwriter, Simon Pegg has sectorial heterochromia iridium, with a portion of his right iris a different colour to the rest. Pegg, whose heterochromia is congenital, refers to his eye condition as “slightly mutanty.” In an interview for the UK variety show he explain
Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ) has announced a Gordon Sanderson Scholarship in memory of Associate Professor Gordon Sanderson who died earlier this year. “Teaching was both a vocation and passion for
Mark Collman is now the sole owner of Phoenix Eyewear after purchasing the shares of long-standing optical industry participants and Phoenix’s co-founders Peter Nicholls and Deb Lake. “It’s very
Kiwi ophthalmologist, Dr Simon Dean has taken a novel approach to designing a state-of-the-art, non-contact corneal aesthesiometer (NCCA). Here he shares his thoughts on the device and its use in a
After almost two and a half years of work, the near 400-page TFOS DEWS II report has been published by the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS). This massive undertaking involved 150 researchers
Matthews Eyewear Eyecare has acquired its tenth practice and its first in Auckland, with the purchase of Epsom Eyecare. Matthews bought Epsom Eyecare from Andrew Wilmott, formerly director of
Well-known trans-Tasman eye health practitioner, Richard Grills has teamed up with a couple of friends, including an ophthalmologist and well-known GP-turned inventor Stuart Esnouf, to develop a new
Visual testing may prove to be the most reliable, portable and easiest test to implement in schools and amateur sports for concussion, say researchers. This is the theory being tested by a new study
Passionate ophthalmologist and nurse specialist supporters of Macular Degeneration New Zealand (MDNZ) met in July to contribute to the government’s long-overdue action to better tackle macular
After 18 months honing its abilities in Australia, practice marketing company Optom Edge is poised to introduce New Zealand optometry practices to its dedicated, optometry marketing-focused
After more than 35 years, the biennial New Zealand optical industry-run conference Visionz is unlikely to happen in 2018 or for the foreseeable future after the Association of Dispensing Opticians of