Question time: Technology talk

Whereas last year’s Optrafair Question Time saw feisty exchanges between representatives of the independent and multiple sectors, the 2016 edition saw cool consideration triumph over heat.

This year’s debate, entitled The Future of Technology in Practice, could not have been more timely just a month after the Foresight Project Report was released.

Online refraction, virtual reality, handheld OCT and smart contact lenses were just some of the issues thrown up by the 194-page Foresight report, providing food for thought at Question Time and across the whole exhibition hall.

However, as we’ll see, the comments of Joshua Silver, professor of physics at the University of Oxford, on the application of corrective eyewear sparked most reaction at the Main Theatre venue.