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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. At a Glance: The Best Running Sunglasses Spending time outdoors is one of the many benefits of running, but you can get too much sun. UV rays – which are present even when it’s overcast outside – can wreak havoc on our eyes, as well as our skin. For runners spending hours a week outdoors, the discomfort and risks posed by UV rays are even higher. Here’s…

At the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2024 (MWC 2024) taking place in Barcelona, Spain, smartphone giant Oppo showcased a new product that is still in a prototype stage. Called the Air Glass 3, the augmented reality eyewear aims to infuse artificial intelligence (AI) into Oppo's product lineup, while opening the doors to the world of augmented reality. Indeed, this seems to be Oppo's bet on augmented reality and AI after Apple finally released its Vision Pro headset earlier this year for the US…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The only thing worse than dry, itchy eyes from wearing old contact lenses? Running out of replacements and being out of backup options, including extra glasses. When leaving the house for a blurry-eyed (read: potentially unsafe) restock isn’t an option, or you simply prefer to shop for new lenses at home, the best option is ordering contacts online. In This Article…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Every prescription specs wearer has probably endured the rite of passage of trying dozens of glasses on for size at their local optometrist before eventually finding a frame that fits. That can be a hassle if you can’t get to your local eyewear shop, or you wear contact lenses and want to restock on a quick back-up option. If that’s the case, you can thank the digital age…

We’ve known about Apple’s AR glasses for a while but two recent patents have revealed more about the illusive goggles than the previous two years, and there’s already some interesting tech in place. The first patent, spotted by PatentlyApple last week, revealed that Apple filed the first one for an “eyewear system” that ensures the glasses sit on your nose correctly by fastening a nose pad. To an extent, this exists on standard glasses already but can slip when pressure is applied or sweat lands on them. Apple’s…

Now, online shopping customers can virtually visualize how the eyewear looks on them as the Lenskart virtual try-on feature will be available on Amazon. The two companies have partnered to enhance and improve the shopping experience for customers online.Most customers prefer to buy eyewear physically as it provides a better experience to try on the glasses and get the right fit. To solve this problem, Lenskart has collaborated with Amazon Fashion to launch the virtual try-on technology. Earlier, Google also launched its…

Last week, Apple revealed what could potentially be the future of smart wearables with its $3,500 Vision Pro headset, but you can’t buy one just yet. What you can buy, or at least, pre-order, is a pair of goggles that take an entirely different approach to immersive entertainment,letting users block out everything but the written word, and only for 4350. Tiffany & Co. Released NFTs (and They’re Ugly)The Sol Reader had a low-key reveal at CES 2023 earlier this year, with just a handful of people getting the…

The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against the leading chain of laser vision-correction procedures in the U.S., alleging it lured customers with bait-and-switch advertising that tricked them into believing they could pay less than $300 for LASIK surgery, while actually charging many times that amount to most patients. The vision-correction firm, LCA-Vision Inc., agreed to modify its practices and pay $1.25 million to settle the FTC’s administrative complaint, without admitting or denying the allegations.  An…

TCL’s prototype RayNeo X2 AR glasses were quaint, but they needed polish and better screens. Knowing what tech is already out there, both issues are not big hurdles.Photo: Kyle Barr/GizmodoIn just one of many Las Vegas hotel suites where tech companies were offering journalists like me the opportunity to get early tests of prototype tech, I didn’t expect much. I sat down in a spare casino suite with Lumus, an Israel-based company announcing its 2D ‘Z-Lens’ glass architecture, for use by other companies making AR glasses.…

LAS VEGAS—The smartphone revolution of the past decade, which reduced the cost of super-efficient processors and tiny cameras, is now enabling innovators to create subtler, more effective tools to assist people with disabilities.Accessibility is among the consumer trends in focus in Las Vegas this week at CES, a global technology bazaar where companies offer clues about what’s coming in the year ahead and beyond. Cosmo Moore, who is 39, is a stay-at-home dad living with a genetic vision…