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Smart Glasses follow our Eyes, Focus Automatically

 Front and side views of our autofocal prototype.The RealSense R200 depth camera, the Optotune EL-30-45 focus-tunable lenses, the offset lens holders for prescription correction, and the Pupil Labs eye trackers are shown. (Photo credit: Nitish Padmanaban, Stanford).

By using eye-tracking technology to automatically control a pair of autofocus lenses, engineers have created a prototype for ‘autofocals’ designed to restore proper vision in people who would ordinarily need progressive lenses.

Though it may not have the sting of death and taxes, presbyopia is another of life’s guarantees. This vision defect plagues most of us starting about age 45, as the lenses in our eyes lose the elasticity needed to focus on nearby objects...

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