Using Technology to Combat Motion Sickness
XPand, which makes active shutter glasses for viewing 3D movies, TV and games as well as for vision care, has put its technology to a novel use: fighting motion sickness. The company’s X105-MS-1 Anti...
View ArticleFrom Eye² to Eyecare
NEW YORK—From smart glasses with heads-up displays, internet connectivity and high definition video cameras to goggles that deliver a fully immersive, 3D experience for playing games or watching...
View ArticleSix15 Technologies Launches Infinity Smart Glasses and Platform
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Six15 Technologies, based here, has launched a smart glasses and turnkey software and integration solution. Called the Infinity Platform, it is available to developers and strategic...
View ArticleNational Vision Hosts Summit on ‘The Future of Eyewear’
SAN DIEGO—A small team of smart glass developers met with National Vision and Rochester Optical here on June 19 to discuss the future of eyewear and how they can work together to bring this new...
View ArticleVuzix Reports Second Quarter 2015 Operating Results
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), a leading supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, enterprise and entertainment markets, provided an update on its...
View ArticleOpternative Co-Founder Steven Lee, OD, Settles Lawsuit With National Board of...
CHICAGO—Steven Lee, OD, co-founder and executive vice president of Opternative, the world’s first online refractive eye exam service, has settled a lawsuit alleging that he had sold copyrighted test...
View ArticleSmart Vision Labs Names Jeff Mortensen as Vice President of Sales
NEW YORK—Smart Vision Labs has appointed Jeff Mortensen to the newly created position of vice president of sales.
View ArticleVisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Expands Executive Team
SARATOGA, Calif.—VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, the developer, manufacturer and marketer of the Implantable Miniature Telescope, has named Blake Michaels as vice president, sales and current...
View ArticleQSpex Starts Rapid Rx Service in New York, With More Markets to Follow in 2016
LAS VEGAS—QSpex is bringing its rapid-delivery, personalized prescription eyewear service to new markets and expanding its product portfolio.
View ArticleNSBRI to Fund Electronic Adjustable Power Eyeglasses
HOUSTON—Astronauts may one day wear adjustable power eyeglasses to correct for vision changes that occur during space travel.
View ArticleRochester Optical Expands Smart Solutions Distribution Network
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Rochester Optical and Hong Kong Optical Lens Company have joined forces to offer Smart Solutions for smart glasses in Asia.
View ArticleEssilor, CNRS Partner to Invent Lenses With Active, Connected Functions
CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France—Essilor and CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research) have signed a new research agreement for a five-year collaboration.
View ArticleVision Tech Emerges as a Major Focus of CES 2016
LAS VEGAS—Even amid the acres of high definition TV screens, beeping robots, flying drones, self-driving cars, sensor-equipped clothing and appliances and other attention grabbing gear on display at...
View ArticleAdlens Restructures Management Team to Support AdlensFocuss Launch
OXFORD, U.K.—Adjustable focus eyewear maker Adlens, based here, has announced a series of strategic appointments and promotions within its management team.
View ArticleOpternative Raises $6.0 Million in New Round of Venture Funding
CHICAGO—Opternative has raised $6.0 million in Series A venture funding which it will use to expand its online eye exam to more states, reach a broader age demographic and conduct research and...
View ArticleAlfred E. Mann, a Pioneer of Medical Devices and Founder of Second Sight...
LAS VEGAS— Alfred E. Mann, a pioneer of medical devices and founder of Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYES), died here on Feb. 25. He was 90.
View ArticleSecond Sight Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2015 Financial Results
SYLMAR, Calif.—Second Sight Medical Products (NASDAQ: EYES), developer of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, reported a 55 percent gain in net revenue to $2.4 million in the fourth quarter ended...
View ArticleFDA Approves Marketing of Triggerfish, a Sensor-Equipped CL That Measures...
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowing marketing of a one-time use contact lens that may help practitioners identify the best time of day to measure a patient’s...
View ArticleSecond Sight Appoints Steven D. Okland Jr. Commercial Vice President
SYLMAR, CALIF.—Second Sight Medical Products Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics that provide vision to blind patients, named Steven D. Okland Jr. as...
View ArticleAOA Files Complaint With FDA About Opternative’s Online Vision Test
ST. LOUIS—The American Optometric Association escalated its attack against Opternative and its online vision test by filing a complaint with the FDA that challenges Opternative’s claims about its...
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