Could the 'eye training' app really let you throw away your reading glasses?
- Claims to be able to train eyes and improve sight in over 40s
- series of patterns to create 15 minutes exercises for users
- Exercises need to be done three times a week for three months
By MARK PRIGG
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A new app that claims to be able to improve people's eyesight by 'training' them with a series of exercises has become a hit.
Called GlassesOff, it uses a series of patterns to create 15 minutes exercises for users.
If done three times a week, its makers say it could mean they no longer need reading glasses after three months.
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The app uses a series of games, puzzles and tests to improve a user's eyesight - if they can play for 15 minutes three times a week for three months.
HOW IT WORKS
GlassesOff uses a completely different approach that is exclusively aimed at teaching the visual system of the brain to better use its potential.
This allows the brain to compensate for blurred information captured by the eyes as we age.
The foundation for this technology is provided by the brain's ability to adapt, the app makers say.
The app uses patterns designed to strengthen connections within circuits relevant to a task, such as recognizing letters when reading.
'Traditionally, near distance reading improvement solutions were limited to optical corrections such as glasses, contact lenses and refractive surgery,' said said Nimrod Madar, CEO of GlassesOff.
'However, human vision performance is in fact limited by two factors: the quality of an image captured by the eye and the image processing capability of the brain as it interprets such images.
'Our solution is designed to improve reading by enhancing the image processing function of the visual cortex, demonstrating the amazing potential of the human brain.
Game-like challenges in the app 'teach' the brain to better process images
The app uses patterns as well as games to train the user's eyes
'We created this app because we wanted to empower people who experienced natural age-related changes in reading ability to take control of their vision and improve their quality of life.
'Our personalized app constantly adapts according to users’ progress, with the ultimate goal of freeing them from dependency on magnifying devices such as reading glasses.”
The GlassesOff app is free to download from the App Store and offer users access to a vision evaluation and the first segment of the GlassesOff program.
The GlassesOff app is free to download from the App Store and offer users access to a vision evaluation and the first segment of the GlassesOff program.
After Using the GlassesOff app for approximately two weeks, users will be given the option to subscribe to the full version, which includes additional advanced segments, for $59.99.
However, during the launch, subscriptions will be offered at a special price of just $9.99.
The app gives users regular tests to check their progress, giving them a 'brain speed' ranking as they improve
The researchers have also published several studies backing up the app's effectiveness.
In a study carried out at the University of California at Berkeley and published in Nature Scientific Reports, all subjects who completed the GlassesOff program were able to read standard newspaper font size without the use of reading glasses, while improving their 'Eye Age' by an average of 8.6 years.
A second study looks at the correlation between the fovea, which is part of the retina, and crowding, processing speed and vision sharpness.
The findings demonstrate that the GlassesOff technology may be applicable to improved performance of daily tasks, such as sports, reading, driving, and more.
'This study results reaffirm our product’s ability to help reading by improving visual processing speed.
'The results are encouraging and relevant for our planned launch of a series of pipeline products for mass market segments, including those designed to improve visual functions in sports and reading speed,' said Madar.
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