‘Autofocus’ glasses can change their lenses in real timePhoto: MGN/Vecteezy(CNN) — Finnish eyewear company IXI is gearing up to launch smart glasses that look just like ordinary spectacles, but are able to “autofocus” based on the perceived needs of the wearer. The glasses contain eye-tracking sensors as well as liquid crystals in the lenses, which are used to change the prescription instantaneously. Other companies are also developing autofocus glasses that use liquid crystals to create an adaptive lens, including Japan’s Elcyo. Another Japanese company, ViXion, already sells autofocusing glasses, although they don’t look like normal glasses and the user must look through two small apertures to get the autofocus effect. Eiden equates the arrival of autofocus glasses to the introduction of autofocus in cameras: “The eyewear industry hasn’t really been innovating for vision correction,” he said.

Source: CNN January 09, 2026 01:51 UTC