Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Zeiss Vision Care and Swiss startup Creal have partnered to create a digital vision care platform using Creal’s light field display technology, enabling quicker and more cost-effective diagnostic procedures.

ThinOptics, a manufacturer of ultra-slim reading glasses, has launched its Prescription on Demand service for purchase of customized prescription eye wear online, the company announced in a press release.

There has been a lot of buzz recently around the new optometry subspecialty of myopia management.

Eyenavision and Avulux have launched Chemistrie Avulux, an eyeglass clip-on option for people with migraines and light sensitivity.

EssilorLuxottica has signed an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Optical Investment group, a Romanian eye wear and eye care retailer, the company announced in a press release.

Neurotechnology company Synchron announced the first use of Apple Vision Pro with a patient implanted with its brain-computer interface, which allows users to make commands without using their hands or voice.

Toric soft contact lens prescribing almost doubled internationally from 2000 to 2023, with nearly all clinically significant astigmatism being corrected by these lenses, researchers wrote in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye.

Lack of standardization in comfort and safety assessments makes it difficult to compare silicone hydrogel and hydrogel contact lenses, according to a recent review.

Astigmatic contact lens wear poses two key challenges: comfort and stability of vision.