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ArticleMICROOLED smart eyewear business taken over by former CEO and founder
MICROOLED’s former CEO has taken over the company’s smart eyewear brands ActiveLook and Engo to focus exclusively on AR sports glasses, while the French microdisplay manufacturer refocuses on B2B markets including defense and medical equipment and raises more funds.
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News briefsIXI announces adjustable 22-gram autofocus glasses prototype
IXI, the Finnish-based startup developing autofocus glasses, has announced that its newest prototype weighs only 22 grams, with all embedded electronics but without the lenses, making it the “world’s lightest smart eyewear.” The earliest prototypes weighed hundreds of grams (see picture). IXI autofocus glasses’ early prototypes ...
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News briefsFDA approves Topcon’s Omnia four-in-one device
Topcon Healthcare has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Omnia, a device that performs initial tests in objective refraction, keratometry, tonometry and pachymetry alike. It is now available in the US. The device appears also to be the same TRK-3 Omnia that Topcon released ...
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News briefsMarcolin, New York Tech hold design contest
This month Marcolin and the New York Institute of Technology (New York Tech) conducted what the company calls an “academic-industrial initiative.” Called “Vision Reframed: Designing Eyewear Beyond Boundaries,” the initiative called on students from New York Tech’s departments of architecture, interior design, digital art and design, and medicine (presumably its ...
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ArticleEssilux backs Stellest 2.0 claims with new peer-reviewed study, joins CCOI
On the heels of the presentation of its new Stellest 2.0 lens at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai last week, EssilorLuxottica has announced the publication of a new peer-reviewed study that supports its claims of higher efficiency in slowing the progression of myopia. The results of the study ...
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ArticleEssilux makes Stellest smart, expands scope to not yet myopic children
EssilorLuxottica presented its new Essilor Stellest 2.0 lenses at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai last week. The second generation of the myopia management lens delivers higher efficacy in slowing the axial elongation of the eye by generating a stronger optical signal to double the mean power, the group ...
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News briefsMagic Leap, Google present prototype AI glasses
Magic Leap and Google have just presented – at the ninth annual Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, held on Oct. 27-30 – a prototype model of AI glasses that are to serve as a “reference design for the Android XR ecosystem.” Magic Leap is expanding its horizons – from, ...
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Alibaba’s AI glasses hitting the market
Alibaba, as Seeking Alpha and ZDNet report, is proceeding to market with its Quark AI Glasses, which we detailed back in July. We now know their price: 4,699 yuan renminbi (€570) per pair, with discounts for Alibaba members. This is in keeping with the glasses’ native use of Alibaba services ...
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Revo kicks off UMG partnership with Rolling Stones collection
Revo, the US brand specializing on polarized eyewear, is partnering with Universal Music Group and Bravado, the entertainment group’s merchandising branch, for the creation of exclusive eyewear collections celebrating “artists who shaped culture through music and style.” The series starts with a Rolling Stones sunglasses collection of nine designs, including ...
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News briefsMore smart-CL prototypes from Xpanceo
Xpanceo introduced six prototype smart contact lenses at the latest edition of Gitex Global, held in Dubai on Oct. 13-17. They were: Interactive Smart Contact Lens for AR Vision Holographic Smart Contact Lens for AR Vision with Helmet Companion Compact Companion for Smart Contact Lens Smart Contact Lens with ...
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Advanced AMD patients recover sight in clinical trial
People suffering from advanced dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and considered legally blind, could read again thanks to a subretinal photovoltaic implant combined with a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses, a study published earlier this week in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed. The clinical trial involved a ...
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ArticleTopcon launches global oculomics platform, bolsters Harmony in Europe
Hardly a week goes by without Topcon Healthcare, a US subsidiary of Japan-based Topcon Corporation, announcing a new acquisition or initiative in the domain of oculomics, i.e. “the blending of big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and ocular imaging to identify retinal biomarkers of systemic disease” by the definition of ...
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ArticleEye care and telemedicine in France: a case study
We took the opportunity of SILMO 2025 to take a look at the deployment of eye health telemedicine in France by visiting the booths of six companies supplying either teleconsultation or tele-expertise services. Both specialties are aimed at improving access to eye care, particularly in the so-called medical desert areas. ...
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Leica Eyecare launches myopia management lens
Leica Eyecare, the ophthalmic lens subsidiary of Leica Camera, is entering the myopia management lens category, highlighting the growing importance of the segment. Called MONOVID MYOPIA, the lens incorporates more than 1,000 evenly spaced microlenses with an additive effect of +5.00 diopters, creating a myopic defocus in front of the ...
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ArticleSilmo Futurology round-up – Part two
Here is the second part of our review of Futurology and neaby booths at Silmo Paris 2025. Read the first part here.
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ArticleSilmo Futurology round-up – Part one
Silmo Paris, held on Sept. 25-28, once again had its Silmo Next: Futurology & Tech Village, this time with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI). Stopping by for a chat with several brands and producers of smart glasses, we noticed what seems to be an emerging predilection for voice command. ...
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Apple reportedly shifting priorities from headsets to smart glasses
Apple has put the development of a new version of its Vision Pro headset on the back burner to prioritize its AI glasses projects, according to Bloomberg and other sources. The priority shift includes the reassignment of Vision Pro staff to AI glasses development, according to the group’s internal communications. ...
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ArticleSilmo d’Or awards remitted at the show
Silmo Paris organizers have yet to issue their final report on the 2026 edition of the trade fair that closed its doors last Monday, with attendance figures, but our impression was positive during the four days we spent at the show. We will progressively report on things that we have ...
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EssilorLuxottica gets myopia management head start in the US with Stellest’s FDA approval
Following the recognition of Stellest as a Breakthrough Device by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) in 2021, EssilorLuxottica announced yesterday that the US health regulator has now granted market authorization for its myopia management lens. Stellest, which clinical data showed is slowing down myopia progression by 71 percent on ...
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Fittingbox launches in-store lens trial tool
Fittingbox, the industry leader in frames virtual try-on own software, is launching Optical Fit Pro, a digital tool aimed at helping in-store customers to select their lenses together under the guidance of the optician. Optical Fit Pro delivers a complete simulation of lens features – from lens thickness and progressive ...
