In focus: Dispensable opticians?

News of a technology firm receiving a grant could very easily have passed many practitioners by, but it should not, because development of such systems is likely have significant implications for dispensing opticians in future.

Last month, Fuel3D, a British image capture and imaging company, was awarded funding of €1.7million (£1.2m) from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to support the development of a 3D scanning system for the eyewear sector.

Stuart Mead, CEO of Fuel3D, said: ‘We believe that the eyewear sector will benefit greatly from the advances we have made in fast, measurable 3D image capture, and we are looking forward to building a system that will help set new fitting standards and revenue models in the industry.’