ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS making machines so smart some tech leaders have asked for a pause in productivity to allow the public to catch up. At Vision Expo East, I visited a company that is using AI in virtual reality (VR) headsets to measure a person’s gaze and personalize lens design. Pau Artus, CIO, told me Spain’s Horizons Optical is the first lens company to use VR in progressive lens design. ProCrea Tech in Italy is offering something similar. In the U.S., however, the biggest use of VR headsets is in diagnostic instruments in visual field testing. Through a VR headset, Olleyes uses Dynamic Matrix, a proprietary algorithm that uses an eye tracking system, to continuously adjust the visual field.
Innovative Eyewear
The Lucyd Lyte 2.0 smart eyewear line is available in readers, sunglasses, and prescription. The Bluetooth audio glasses are powered by the Lucyd app and integrate ChatGPT.
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LLvision Technology
Leion Hey Augmented Reality smart glasses for the hearing-impaired feature temples molded from SABIC’s Ultem resin. They display voice translations in text on the lenses of the glasses.
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Horizons Optical
Within a VR environment, mimesys Lens diagnoses gaze dynamics to create a progressive lens that mimics the way a patient looks. mimesys Coach is a retail simulation tool that allows the patient to experience what it’s like to wear a progressive lens.
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Sensoria Health
NeurOpTrek’s smart socks have textile pressure sensors to provide real-time gait and balance data to reduce the risk of falls. It is paired with an Android tablet with proprietary algorithms.
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Eyedaptic
Eye5 smart glasses with EyeSwitch. Together with Augmented Reality Glasses manufacturer Rokid, Eyedaptic can assist those who have low vision, Diabetic Retinopathy, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).
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Olleyes
Olleyes’ ETS model with Tobii eye tracking can conduct tests such as visual field, acuity, color, extraocular movement, and pupillometry.
(855) 655-3937 | olleyes.com
PH Technical Labs
Titan EyeX comes in prescription or sun lenses with high-quality sound. The frames track activity, phone calls, music, and voice assistants.
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Procrea Tech
Arya Eye Shuttle customizes progressive, SV, and anti-fatigue lenses using a VR headset with eye-tracking sensors that record a person’s eye movements and pair it with a linked app to optimize power distribution.
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Smart Ways to Use AI/VR Headsets and Wearables
Carlos Grandela, ODViewFinder Low Vision Resource Center, Phoenix, AZ
I own and operate a low vision practice and offer my patients a variety of different brands like eSight4, IrisVision Inspire and Eyedaptic’s Eye5. There has been a big shift from the last generation of wearables to the current one. The older models were very heavy while the newer ones have a sleeker design, slimmer headset, fit better, and are more mobile. All wearables can autofocus for most distances. Since we introduced Eye5 smart glasses last year our patients have reacted positively. It’s wired to a cell phone, the Eye Switch, which acts as a remote control so they can zoom in and out. It uses Rokid’s AR glasses which have a camera and the patient can switch from the glasses’ camera to the phone’s camera easily. Both cameras cover all distances from long to intermediate to near so patients can make themselves comfortable reading with high magnification.
James Fanelli, OD
Cape Fear Eye Institute, Wilmington, NC
Traditionally, visual field instruments were mounted on a tabletop in a standard bowl perimeter setup which can make it difficult for elderly patients to position themselves throughout the test. I adopted the Olleyes VisuALL technology, a Virtual Reality headset with a suite of visual field tests for glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmic disorders, and other eye diseases. It tests visual acuity, pupillary reactions, extraocular motility, and contrast sensitivity, all in one sitting. Patients find it’s comfortable and gives them freedom and mobility during testing. It’s invaluable in managing glaucoma and other neurological diseases, as the results are accurate, and patient acceptance of the technology is tremendous.