Technology

US researchers have developed a virtual reality headset that uses light to stimulate targeted areas in a patient’s visual field

Scientists have developed a new device that shows people what their vision would look like using a multifocal lens

A range of disability-themed emojis have been included in an update that will launch later this year

Serendipitous discovery sees researchers create highly effective coating while developing solar panels

US researchers have developed a robot that uses a gripper, force-sensing wrist cuff and external camera to play the wooden block game

A new Optimec Visual Fixation System makes sight tests easier for patients with learning disabilities and dementia

New Zealand bioengineer, Dr Ehsan Vaghefi, talks with OT  about his innovative MyIScope device

“For the last 20 years, I have had to wait for my husband to wake up to read me the newspaper. Now, as soon as he wakes up, I tell him about it”

“I always like it when the immersion is so high that people forget that this is a simulation and do the exam as if it was real”

Dr Parwez Hossain talks with OT  about innovative technology that aims to speed up the diagnosis of sight-threatening eye infections