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Ditto launches a PD-measurement tool
Ditto, the U.S.-based supplier of Virtual Try-On (VTO) solutions, is launching TruePD, a new tool that calculates the pupillary distance (PD), a key information for online retail of prescription eyewear. The company’s product is said to provide PD information with a margin of error of 1 millimeter in the large ...
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VSP partners with Zeiss and Hoya
VSP Global announced that it would add Carl Zeiss Vision and HOYA Vision Care lenses and treatments into its VSP Global Premier Program starting July 1, in addition to its own VSP Optics products. The decision comes after the VSP network’s doctors asked for a broader range of lens options, ...
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ArticleTooz launches its smart glasses for developers in Germany
Aiming to mass market smart glasses compatible with prescription lenses at the beginning of next year, tooz technologies, the joint venture founded in 2018 by ZEISS and Deutsche Telekom, is first targeting the community of IT developers in order to collect feedback and finetune the final phase ...
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FDA approves J&J’s myopia management CL
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care announced a few days ago that it has received the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ACUVUE Abiliti contact lenses. According to the company, it is the first and currently only myopia management orthokeratology lens that has been approved by ...
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ArticleEssilux ramps up Stellest
Only a few days after announcing significant developments for its myopia management lens in China and the U.S. during its conference call with financial investors, EssilorLuxottica disclosed updated results on its Stellest research during the online congress of the Société Française d’Ophtalmologie a few days ago and confirmed a launch ...
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Satisloh launches two new polishing machines
Satisloh, the Swiss-based manufacturer of ophthalmic and optical equipment that is part of the Essilor group, is launching two new fully automated RX lens polishing machines. Named Multi-FLEX-2 and Multi-FLEX-2E, they come as new additions to the Multi-FLEX range which was launched in 2015 and whose machines produce more than ...
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Zenni introduces the first batch of its Iris Apfel collection
Zenni has signed a multi-year deal with the interior and fashion designer, and self-described “world’s oldest living teenager” and “geriatric starlet,” Iris Apfel. The first batch of the Iris x Zenni line consists of 100 items – in celebration of her forthcoming 100th birthday – selected by Apfel herself. These ...
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Kering Eyewear adds blue-light and photochromic lenses to selected brands
Kering Eyewear is launching its Blue & Beyond project, which consists of integrating of blue-light filtering and photochromic lenses in a selection of its eyewear frames. The Blue & Beyond solution will be applied to some women and men styles in the Gucci and Saint Laurent collections, and to some ...
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De Rigo signs regional license for GAP eyewear
De Rigo Vision announced on April 27 a new licensing deal with IMG for the design, production and distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses under the American lifestyle apparel brand GAP. The agreement covers the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil. The first collections of frames for men, women and children ...
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Dreamers releases sleep-inducing eyewear
The Australian fashion models Jordan and Zac Stenmark – along with the chemist Stafford Sheehan, who is also the founder of Air Company, maker of Air Vodka – have developed a line of glasses to improve sleep: that is, when you are not wearing them. The brand is called Dreamers ...
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Essilor to present new clinical results in myopia progression slow-down
After two years of clinical trials on 167 myopic children in collaboration with the Wenzhou Medical University in China, Essilor will present next month new results for its Essilor Stellest lens’ performance in the reduction of myopia progression among children. According to preliminary information communicated by the French lens maker, ...
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U.S. ANSI lens standards updated
The Vision Council announced on April 6 the publication of ANSIZ80.1-2020, a new set of recommendations by the American National Standards Institute’s for prescription and plano lenses, contact lenses, ophthalmic instruments and ocular medical devices. The new recommendations, which serve as reference for the eyewear and optical industry, update and ...
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Hoya rolls out MiYoSmart across Europe
After France and Italy, Hoya Vision Care is now launching its MiYoSmart lens for children in Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands and the UK. Developed through a partnership with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the lens is said to slow down myopia progression in children by 60 percent on average, ...
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Ocuco’s Innovations awarded best lab optical software
Ocuco, the eyecare software company based in Dublin, announced that its Innovations software has been awarded best optical lab software for 2021 by the HealthCare Insights Magazine. The lab management program was initially created 30 years ago and taken over by Ocuco in 2008. According to the company, Innovations is ...
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Lancel Paris joins Grosfilley’s portfolio
Lancel Paris, the brand of leather goods, and Grosfilley France have signed a six-year license for the design, production and distribution of sunglasses and eyeglasses under the Lancel Paris brand. The first collection will consist of a total of 32 models for women, including 20 optical and 12 sunglasses’ frames, ...
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Costco switches from polycarbonate to Mitsui’s MR for prescription lenses
Mitsui Chemicals, the Tokyo-based supplier of raw material for lenses, announced earlier this week that Costco Wholesale would start using its MR series of high refractive index lens monomers as a standard option for its eyeglasses sold in the U.S. The membership-based U.S. retailer had been offering mainly polycarbonate ophtalmic ...
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ArticleLuxexcel and WaveOptics partner for smart eyewear to look like normal eyewear
Luxexcel, the Dutch pioneer in 3D-printing solutions for prescription lenses, unveiled last week some details about its partnership with WaveOptics, a designer of waveguides and light engines, during the online SPIE. AR, VR, MR conference. Earlier last month, both companies had already announced their collaboration in the ...
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Barton Perreira extends 007 partnership
Barton Perreira, the Californian brand of luxury eyewear, announced last week the signature of a 3-year license agreement with EON Productions, the company behing the James Bond franchise. Both partners will develop “The Legacy Collection”, a range of sunglasses inspired by the vintage Bond films. This new partnership follows the ...
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Eyesafe wants to become the reference brand for blue light protection
The average time spent in front of screens increased to an estimated 13 hours and 38 minutes per day last year, a 30 percent increase from a year before, according to an announcement by Eyesafe last week. In the same communication, the company also stressed that eye strain has become ...
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Mondottica extends portfolio with Vivienne Westwood license
Mondottica International and the fashion brand Vivienne Westwood announced this week the signature of a 5-year license agreement for the design, production and the global distribution of Vivienne Westwood branded eyeglasses and sunglasses for men and women. The Korean and Asian collections will be launched this summer while the international ...
