The Optometry Board of Australia has announced changes to its CPD system will take effect from December 2020, when the points system will become hours-based. A new one-year period in which to amass
NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover was given a vision test as preparation for the Martian fact-finding mission gathered pace ahead of next year’s launch. Scientists carried out the Rover’s vision calibration
Snap, creator of Snapchat, has launched a new version of its augmented reality (AR), picture-taking sunglasses in September’s Vogue, with a stylish design and an HD camera for depth perception. The
Essilor has been recognised by Fortune as one of the 52 companies that ‘Change the World,’ for its aim to eradicate poor vision worldwide by 2050.Chairman Hubert Sagnières said, “We receive Fortune’s
Health workers in one of Australia’s most remote Aboriginal communities are using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed at Centre for Eye Research Australia to help detect and prevent one of
A series of new symbols for testing visual acuity in children is more reliable than those used in current charts, claim the Auckland researchers who developed them. Current eye charts have several
Stars and their eyes… June Brown EastEnders legend June Brown is losing her eyesight due to age-related macular degeneration. Brown, 92, was diagnosed ten years ago and had surgical treatment in
US researchers have developed iCrx, an auto-phoropter that uses laser technology to determine eyewear prescription in 20 seconds without input from the viewer. “This is a new technology that may
Start-up VisionBanker is tapping in to the Asian eyecare market using technologies like blockchain, mobile apps and facial recognition to help patients get more accessible eyecare and better-fitting
A combined smart contact lens and glasses augmented reality system, EMacula, which corrects vision and digitally enhances wearers’ surroundings is pending FDA approval as Phase II clinical trials and
"Remember always that the recollection of quality remains long after the price is forgotten." Harry Gordon Selfridge One near-universal law of psychology is habituation; we stop noticing objects we
Visor for light-sensitive athletesIndividuals with sports-limiting vision conditions can now play outdoor sports thanks to a special visor developed by scientists at the University of Alabama.
