As a guy closing in on 50, losing my near vision really annoys me. And the current solutions are weak at best, which annoys me even more. These and the other companies working on similar sound great.
But someone tell me why I would need a prescription for them? And is that true in the EU? The article makes it sound like getting them approved to be prescribed is a big hurdle. They seem like better reading glasses, which I don't need a prescription to buy.

And prescriptions for glasses in general bug me. The only argument for requiring them and having them expire I have heard is that the wrong perscription could be dangerous while driving and such. But heck, we don't make you retake the drivers test every 2 years, and people's driving skills certainly decrease with age. So why prescriptions? Seems like another one of those good for business and not for people laws.

A manual focus version would be cool too. I don't like the idea of having yet another thing to charge.

As a guy closing in on 50, losing my near vision really annoys me. And the current solutions are weak at best, which annoys me even more. These and the other companies working on similar sound great.
But someone tell me why I would need a prescription for them? And is that true in the EU? The article makes it sound like getting them approved to be prescribed is a big hurdle. They seem like better reading glasses, which I don't need a prescription to buy.

eventually they'll come out with a device that charges you while you wear all of your rechargeable items. you just plug yourself into a USB outlet and all your shit gets charged simultaneously

You can just go online and buy them, they don't care about "expired" prescriptions, they only need the numbers.

True for glasses, illegal for contacts. It's the dumbest shit ever. I don't need a prescription for band aids, why do I need one for eye correction?

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As a guy closing in on 50, losing my near vision really annoys me. And the current solutions are weak at best, which annoys me even more. These and the other companies working on similar sound great.
But someone tell me why I would need a prescription for them? And is that true in the EU? The article makes it sound like getting them approved to be prescribed is a big hurdle. They seem like better reading glasses, which I don't need a prescription to buy.

how do we then transfer the charge from the shits to the devices?

A manual focus version would be cool too. I don't like the idea of having yet another thing to charge.

For contacts I kinda get it.

You could have eye conditions that make you unsuitable to use contacts.

For glasses, its absolute bullshit.

An "incorrect" lens placed on the exterior of your face will not harm you (other than making you a bit dizzy).

you'll look like the king of nerds, but that's a thing:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustable-focus_eyeglasses

I want glasses with the ability to clean themselves.

My GUESS would be that you get a prescription for whatever your vision requires as a baseline, then the auto focus kicks in for reading.

The intention is to replace bifocals or progressives, so you'd still have your primary prescription + adjustment for reading.

I think I'm more concerned about the unfortunate scenarios where:

Glasses fuck up meaning driver can only see near -> something that needs quick reactions happens to avoid someone dying -> driver is fumbling with glasses or trying to find a spare pair -> somebody dies

As a guy closing in on 50, losing my near vision really annoys me. And the current solutions are weak at best, which annoys me even more. These and the other companies working on similar sound great.
But someone tell me why I would need a prescription for them? And is that true in the EU? The article makes it sound like getting them approved to be prescribed is a big hurdle. They seem like better reading glasses, which I don't need a prescription to buy.

I don't think I want it to be possible for someone's glasses to die or freeze

People do dangerous things that are made safer by the fact they can see—like driving

Edit: you'll need a prescription because the amount of focus it needs to do will be different for everyone and there isn't a sensor to determine your eyesight

The thing is, if you're eyes are unsuitable for contacts, you'll know really quickly. I would think almost anyone that would buy contacts without an active prescription, has already tried contacts. You still have to know the numbers, so at some point there was an active prescription. I've never been to an eye doctor that didn't give free contacts samples, so there's that option too.

You can just go online and buy them, they don't care about "expired" prescriptions, they only need the numbers.

You go to an eye doctor, they do the various tests and create a prescription with the necessary details to get you the right glasses. For the next year, you can use that prescription to buy glasses anywhere you want.