2025-09-26
IXI's autofocus glasses are one step closer to reality
Forget smart glasses, autofocus lenses have the potential to help far more people by offering a high-tech alternative to clunky bifocal and varifocal eyewear. Those traditional solutions involve looking at specific portions of glasses for near and far objects. While that's more convenient than swapping frames constantly, it requires retraining your eyes a bit and can also lead to eye strain.
Finnish startup IXI's autofocus glasses aim to go one step further: It has developed eyewear with built-in eye tracking and LCDs that can automatically focus on whatever you're looking at, just like fixed frame glasses. Even better, they look just like regular eyewear, even mor [...]
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