Smart specs

Whether it be a smartphone, smart watch or a wrist band fitness monitor, many readers will already be using devices which are capable of acquiring a whole host of data about the wearer’s activity both day and night. The ease of acquisition is matched by the ease with which this data is interpreted, displayed, or used to offer useful tips on lifestyle improvement or adaptation.

It was only a matter of time before someone thought about using spectacles to carry data tracking technology and be able to usefully incorporate this into a clinical management plan.

Refractive correction

Coincident with the evolution of technology that digitisation has allowed, there has been an explosion in the options available for refractive correction. Spectacle lenses can now be made to reflect the refractive profile of individual patients and surfaced in a way that helps minimise aberration while, in the case of high-end progressive lenses, mimic the way a wearer uses their head and eyes in viewing their surroundings. Presbyopic contact lenses are a major breakthrough but the final best correction, whether that be a full multifocal, adapted or enhanced monovision or even full monovision or distance lenses with reading spectacles is usually only established with complete confidence once the patient has experienced their correction in operation in everyday life for a period of time.