Dispensing optician bids for spot in Clearly Vision competition

Hertfordshire dispensing optician, John Snelgrove, semi finalist in the international Clearly Vision competition, will find out later this month if his Style Eyes Modular spectacle concept has made it to the grand final.

Clearly Vision is a global competition designed to address the issue of visual impairment. The final, which takes place in the US in October, will see five ideas from around the world selected to battle it out for the winning spot and $250,000 of seed funding and support to put the idea into action.

Style Eyes Modular Spectacles provide a spectacle frame and lens solution using modular components, out of the box, to British standards. The concept, which includes the correction of astigmatism, enables most visual corrections to be met from a modular set of frame and lens components enabling spectacles to be made on the spot in any situation.