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The glasses test you can do at home – BBC News

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A Silicon Valley start-up has developed a smartphone accessory that lets owners check their vision at home.

The results produced by EyeQue’s Visioncheck gadget can be used to order new glasses from many retailers.

However, because a prescription is needed to purchase contact lenses in the US, there are limitations on its use there.

The BBC’s Cody Godwin tried out the innovation at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.

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  1. @BBCNews

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Read and watch all our CES coverage at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46721207

  2. @claires1957

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    The guy’s a bit nervous…But looks like a cool device!

  3. @peterwayne5793

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    in accurate. this thing is basically a small autorefractor like the one the optometrist uses to get a ball park number of your eye number. dont waste your money.

  4. @markbrunette4802

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    It does not check to health of the eye.

  5. @sewfantastic7257

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    This would be great,I am so tried of being ripped off.I have about thirty parts of glasses and Can only see of one part. I was just in a fight with American eyeglass trying to get my glasses and after a year I end up with two part of glasses that make me dizzy to wear them. I never will go to one of these guys again I am adding my eyes to my yearly physical.

  6. @koll

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Want!

  7. @stevenbaker7696

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    I'm glad he thinks this is a 'good idea'!

  8. @harishcse100

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    You create some bullshit technology and just say "saving time" is advantage…fuck off ..do something to save environment

  9. @otiebrown9999

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Excellent.
    The follow up would be to use your own Snellen and minus trial lenses to confirm your refractive state – yourself.

  10. @h2mphysique584

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Hours going to the optometrist ? Hell nah , 20 minutes tops

  11. @meheretoday6968

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    if you need to buy that then just go to the optometrist lol

  12. @sullivanseanpatrick

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Cool that this is on a phone, but the concept is not new. Assuming you have normal lighting and a regular computer you can do this at home. Of course it doesn't replace an exam by an actual doctor but gets your prescription correct. https://www.govisibly.com/

  13. @kavic1234

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    The best glasses test you can do at home is turn off the BBC

  14. @MJ18888

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    But the device doesn't check the health of the eye!

  15. @humanitarianharjot402

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    I love this. I will definitely buy one.🤔

  16. @rishirameshkumar6753

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Rip Specsavers…

  17. @frankjamesbonarrigo7162

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    My mother went to an optometrist and he didn't see the cataract. She looked into a machine and it found a cataract

  18. @JCRule69

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Turkeys would hit for Christmas if given a choice.

    Come on man, you ain’t fooling anyone

  19. @psane

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    another invention where the solution came first before the problem. If I have to go to an eye doctor for general eye health and also for the prescription, why do I need this?

  20. @mahlina1220

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    The irony is the blue lite coming from the celll phone is making you blind.

  21. @crashweaverda

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    This guy a idiot. Don't quit your regular job sales is not your thing.

  22. @ubik459

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    I think it's a great idea. It would be awesome to have the option of making my own glasses instead of going to an optometrist.

  23. @dyeeznhuts

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    what a noob

  24. @goldfinga786able

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Check out how ppl in uk are being gangstalked

  25. @exposuresofthesoul

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Who filmed this?! A 13-year-old during their GSCEs???? I could have done better with my Sony Ericsson Walkman phone.

  26. @AXAND3R

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Mom: "Don't get closer to screen, it's bad for your eyes!"

    Me:

  27. @conyo985

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Another gimmick! Nothing to see here folks!

  28. @zacka7336

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    As a student in Optometry school currently, this is a very unwise and harmful practice.. finding your refractive error (prescription) is only a fraction of what optometrists do in the office with you. They check the health of your eyes in regards to diseases, conditions, and serious medical concerns. They use several instruments to look not only at the front of your eye but through to the back of it as well, in order to diagnose seriously dangerous diseases before vision loss or blindness can occur. This won't diagnose someone with glaucoma, early onset diabetes, hypertension or anything. It's just another quick money grab attempt at creating a shortcut for something everyone needs. No optometrist I have ever met endorses this or any online prescription platform.

  29. @Sketchmee5

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    I am not convinced and it's more like a gadget than a finished product to me.

  30. @Mitchell527

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Another thing you will find in a carton, and wonder what it is.

  31. @gojeta1999

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Pretty good if it does what it says, especially with all the online shops where you can put your measurements in and order glasses

  32. @aba3249

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    BBC news doesn't have anything better to do other than showing some politician dancing, some startup products…what is going on?

  33. @samkeyho4200

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    So, you want to scan our pupils and collect data, not happy with finger prints records, bank records, medicals, and everything in between?

  34. @snoop-doggviews637

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    Sh!t

  35. @javierzapanacaceres2933

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    I'm sure it works, but is useless… Ravish for me..

  36. @javierzapanacaceres2933

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    I'm sure it works, but is useless… Ravish for me..

  37. @susanb4816

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    does it detect eye disease? cause doctors do

  38. @EngLife

    January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

    I really don't see a market for this. Checking your eyesight isn't something people do every day. Maybe driving Schools would be interested in this to do a quick eyesight test with their customers. "Normal" People, however…no. Unless it costs 5€, then you can buy it out of curiosity.

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