These previously dark accessories have now transformed into great designer décor.
Transition lenses have become some of the newest high-tech accessories on the market.
Photochromic lenses – also known as Transition lenses, named after Transition Optical, the company that launched the first plastic version in 1991 – are transparent indoors and block exposure to UV from the sun. But they turn black.
But glasses invented in the 1960s typically had a slow and uneven transition from dark brown or gray to a translucent yellow shade, making them more functional than fashionable. (Sorry dad.)
Now, new technology has advanced glasses—much appreciated by half of the world’s population who are expected to need glasses by 2050. A recent study published in Ophthalmology warns,
in March, Transition Optical launches its Gen S lenses The company claims it changes from clear to fully sun-protective in about 25 seconds and back to clear in less than two minutes, providing 39% faster vision recovery in intense bright light versus clear lenses. Does.
Quick change and color options including ruby, amethyst and gold have taken the lenses from deep to designer.
“I’m 100% a reform skeptic,” says Simon Anderson, 54, a real estate broker in Brooklyn. told the Wall Street Journal Of his ivan transition lenses. “I get compliments from him every day.”
Their two-in-one glasses clear up to a beautiful blue color in just seconds when exposed to light to protect their eyes.
Even more high-tech, meta and leading eyewear brand Ray-Ban partnered to introduce Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Last year. The accessories feature AI technology as well as quick transition lenses to ask questions, take photos, make calls, send messages, listen to music, livestream and more.
The brand is expected to announce its augmented-reality glasses this week.
“They’re practical and they’re stylish,” said Michael Miraflor, chief brand officer at venture capital firm Hanna Gray VC. told the business of fashion Of his Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
Manhattan optician Anthony Eden agreed, noting to the WSJ that the changes “have now become a fashion statement” and “have really piqued the interest of the younger generation.”
