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autofocus glasses (thenextweb.com)
submitted 1 day ago by Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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As a guy closing in on 50, losing my near vision really annoys me. And the current solutions are weak at best, which annoys me even more. These and the other companies working on similar sound great. But someone tell me why I would need a prescription for them? And is that true in the EU? The article makes it sound like getting them approved to be prescribed is a big hurdle. They seem like better reading glasses, which I don't need a prescription to buy.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My GUESS would be that you get a prescription for whatever your vision requires as a baseline, then the auto focus kicks in for reading.

The intention is to replace bifocals or progressives, so you'd still have your primary prescription + adjustment for reading.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I hope you are right. But I don’t have a perscription. So I would need clear by default, and only autofocusing for reading. I shouldn't need a script for that.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

That was my take, and I hope we're both right. I'd kill for glasses that auto-focus as readers. I wear contacts most of the time when outside, so maybe not such a savior for me.