An eyewear breakthrough by Finnish company IXI is promising to end the era of clunky bifocals and the 'head-tilt' struggle of progressive lenses, replacing them with a pair of glasses that focus as naturally as the human eye.

Exciting news for those enough who are 40+ and spend too much time in front of a computer screen: a Finnish startup called IXI is promising to end the era of clunky bifocals and the ‘head-tilt’ struggle of progressive lenses, replacing them with a pair of glasses that focus as naturally as the human eye using a combination of infrared eye tracking and liquid crystal-transparent indium tin oxide glasses

  • PierceTheBubble@lemmy.mlEnglish
    47·
    2 days ago

    Honestly, the tech seems quite impressive. But I wouldn’t touch Amazon-backed smart glasses, which “could also provide health insights, such as detecting dry eyes or monitoring posture”, with a ten-foot pole; especially when there’s also entirely passive bifocals and progressives.

    • boaratio@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 hours ago

      I’m on the verge of needing bifocals, and I’d never consider these. Fuck Amazon and fuck Jeff Bezos.

      • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        I’m on the verge of carrying a purse so I can carry three pair of glasses. My sunglasses, my indoor myopic, and my indoor presbyopic (I already got the presbys and the shades, what’s another pair?)

    • a1studmuffin@aussie.zoneEnglish
      30·
      2 days ago

      I really hate late stage capitalism for this. Any useful invention is quickly captured and enshittified for profit. If this came out 20-30 years ago I doubt anyone would have reservations.