The current trend with VR smart glasses is offering a display unit for each eye, mounted behind the lens. Some even offer a focus correction facility for people who wear prescription glasses.

People often have to get a prescription from a vision specialist before they can purchase glasses, even reading glasses. This proves to be a huge hurdle for those living in poverty and those in ...

Lenses that transition in sunlight to become sunglasses help protect eyes from dust, bugs, drying breezes and, most important of all, the damaging effects of ultraviolet light.

In young people, the lens is soft and flexible and able to change shape to switch one’s focus from far to near. As people age, ... More than reading glasses — new options for ‘old’ eyes.

The EnChroma glasses, which cost up to $450 a pair, also don’t cure color blindness, McPherson said, but they “help people perceive colors better.” “We’re selling these very quickly ...