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There are none so blind as those who won't wear #bifocals.

Bifocals

There are none so blind as those who won’t wear bifocals.

Autofocusing Smart Glasses With Eye Tracking Tech Could Make Bifocals Obsolete

Exciting news for those enough who are 40+ and spend too much time in front of a computer screen: a Finnish startup called IXI is promising to end the era of clunky bifocals and the ‘head-tilt’ struggle of progressive lenses, replacing them with a pair of glasses that focus as naturally as the human eye using a combination of infrared eye tracking and liquid crystal-transparent indium tin oxide glasses

Autofocusing Smart Glasses With Eye Tracking Tech Could Make Bifocals Obsolete

https://piefed.social/c/technology/p/1654968/autofocusing-smart-glasses-with-eye-tracking-tech-could-make-bifocals-obsolete

Autofocusing Smart Glasses With Eye Tracking Tech Could Make Bifocals Obsolete

Exciting news for those enough who are 40+ and spend too much time in front of a computer screen: a Finnish startup called IXI is promising to end the era of clunky bifocals and the ‘head-tilt’ struggle of progressive lenses, replacing them with a pair of glasses that focus as naturally as the human eye using a combination of infrared eye tracking and liquid crystal-transparent indium tin oxide glasses

Autofocusing Smart Glasses With Eye Tracking Tech Could Make Bifocals Obsolete

https://piefed.social/c/technology/p/1654968/autofocusing-smart-glasses-with-eye-tracking-tech-could-make-bifocals-obsolete

Another #MechanicalKeyboard milestone: I have taken my failing #Microsoft4000 #ErgonomicKeyboard off my desk, leaving just my little DIY 36-key keyboard (and a vertical mouse).

This was actually prompted by my optician suggesting that as my close vision has deteriorated slightly, I should try glasses with a reading wedge (baby #bifocals) and the monitor lower down so I look at it through the lower part of the lenses. I need to sit straight now!

(Plan B is dedicated intermediate / #ReadingGlasses)

I had an eye exam a couple weeks ago. The optometrist recommended progressive bifocals this time. I'd known it was time for a while, so okay.

My employer's VSP plan only covers the basic lenses, ~$75. The lower distortion, anti-reflective coated Nikon lenses are ~$275. If I pick the Nikons, I pay the $200 difference out of pocket.

One thing the optician said is the longer I delay getting my first bifocals, the harder it will be to adjust to how they work. Is this true?

#Bifocals

There are none so blind as those who won't wear #bifocals.

So, last week I had my eye exam, and as expected, it was recommended that I should get either reading glasses or bifocals.

I opted for bifocals, and specifically for the "transitions" style, and they came in yesterday and I have to say... boy howdy I do not like them. I'm trying to get used to them... but it's a struggle, to be sure. I did not realize how much I used my peripheral vision until I got these new lenses.

#Glasses #Lenses #Eyesight #Bifocals

Hack Your Eyesight with High Tech Bifocals https://hackaday.com/2024/09/16/hack-your-eyesight-with-high-tech-bifocals/ #progressivelenses #MedicalHacks #eyeglasses #MiscHacks #bifocals

Hack Your Eyesight with High Tech Bifocals - As we get older, our eyes get worse. That’s just a fact of life. It is a rite of p... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/16/hack-your-eyesight-with-high-tech-bifocals/ #progressivelenses #medicalhacks #eyeglasses #mischacks #bifocals

Packing for Europe AND for my daughter's out-of-state graduation. If anyone sees my bifocals, I'd be grateful!

(Thankfully, the older prescription is still viable... -ish...)

#Lost #Distracted #PackingWoes #Bifocals #NeedGlassesToFIndGlasses

https://www.gocomics.com/offthemark/2014/06/26

Welp, bifocals ordered. Guess my age is catching up to me. Going to be a while, shops which still work in #CrownGlass are becoming more rare. In the meantime, on the 'backups': mixed lenses and manytimes broken arms (which is why the logo is inverted and the far side one doesn't match).

[ #Glasses #Bifocals #ProgressiveLens #TortoiseShell ]

Holy crap.

So, yes I'm old enough to need #progressive (read #bifocals) lenses in my #glasses. Spurred by this weekends *breaking* of my non-tinted pair, I finally went for an eye-exam for the first time in nearly 5 years.

The frame alone is $350 (thanks #Luxottica Group S.p.A monopoly asshats)** **and the lenses are $275 each.

And guess how much the benefits cover: $250 every 24 months. Do unspent amounts rollover? nope.

*Tragically, few #optometrists have layaway or installment plans.*

Holy crap.

So, yes I'm old enough to need #progressive (read #bifocals) lenses in my #glasses. Spurred by this weekends *breaking* of my non-tinted pair, I finally went for an eye-exam for the first time in nearly 5 years.

The frame alone is $350 (thanks #Luxottica Group S.p.A monopoly asshats)** **and the lenses are $275 each.

And guess how much the benefits cover: $250 every 24 months. Do unspent amounts rollover? nope.

*Tragically, few #optometrists have layaway or installment plans.*

Holy crap.

So, yes I'm old enough to need #progressive (read #bifocals) lenses in my #glasses. Spurred by this weekends *breaking* of my non-tinted pair, I finally went for an eye-exam for the first time in nearly 5 years.

The frame alone is $350 (thanks #Luxottica Group S.p.A monopoly asshats)** **and the lenses are $275 each.

And guess how much the benefits cover: $250 every 24 months. Do unspent amounts rollover? nope.

*Tragically, few #optometrists have layaway or installment plans.*

Holy crap.

So, yes I'm old enough to need #progressive (read #bifocals) lenses in my #glasses. Spurred by this weekends *breaking* of my non-tinted pair, I finally went for an eye-exam for the first time in nearly 5 years.

The frame alone is $350 (thanks #Luxottica Group S.p.A monopoly asshats)** **and the lenses are $275 each.

And guess how much the benefits cover: $250 every 24 months. Do unspent amounts rollover? nope.

*Tragically, few #optometrists have layaway or installment plans.*

Holy crap.

So, yes I'm old enough to need #progressive (read #bifocals) lenses in my #glasses. Spurred by this weekends *breaking* of my non-tinted pair, I finally went for an eye-exam for the first time in nearly 5 years.

The frame alone is $350 (thanks #Luxottica Group S.p.A monopoly asshats)** **and the lenses are $275 each.

And guess how much the benefits cover: $250 every 24 months. Do unspent amounts rollover? nope.

*Tragically, few #optometrists have layaway or installment plans.*

@Gazimoff i hear ya! #Bifocals #Sigh

As a person that enjoys both working on small objects and also looking into the middle distance, I hate what my #eyesight has become.

#Bifocals #glasses are probably the answer. I looked at progressive lenses on youtube, but they seem to be a hassle to actually use.

What I unironically want is