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If these actually eliminate the need for prescription ground lenses, that's it: killer app that will eliminate the prescription eye glasses industry as we know
by bsenftner 6y ago
If these actually eliminate the need for prescription ground lenses, that's it: killer app that will eliminate the prescription eye glasses industry as we know it, immediately placing Apple at the revenue and control peak. With everything taking place in manufacturing, I'm surprised dynamic precision shaped lenses are not already here.
- ceejayoz 6y agoI've seen enough fascinating but impractical patents to be pretty skeptical of "big corp filed a patent, so their next product will definitely include it!"
- lnanek2 6y agoDefinitely. If dynamic prescription support adds $10 to the bill of materials vs. fixed, order ahead of time prescription support - then it ain't shipping. Patent is exciting, but making a popular consumer product isn't about cramming every patent into it.
- Someone 6y agoI think the problem is that, if this changing the shape of the lens (as in https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/these-smart-glasses-adjust-your-vision-automatically-180962078/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/these-smart-glasse...) it means relatively soft surfaces, which means they’re easily scratched. If it doesn’t, what does it involve? Dynamically adjustable gratings inside the lens? Varying the refractive index of the material? Is that possible? Without chromatic aberration?