Most people with early-stage glaucoma don't know they have it, even though early treatment is key to reducing vision loss. While detecting a subtle increase in eye pressure helps doctors to diagnose ...

Amid the increased clamor for AR smart glasses and headsets over the last year, it’s become easy to lose sight of the much more advanced alternative: smart contact lenses. At MWC 2025, though, I got ...

In the midst of rapid technological evolution, an intriguing innovation is emerging: smart contact lenses capable of streaming augmented reality (AR) directly to the wearer’s eyes. This development ...

One of the coolest things we've seen in movies like the Mission: Impossible series is smart contact lenses that display all sorts of cool information right in the main character's field of view. The ...

A team of researchers at Beijing Institute of Technology, the Avic Chengdu Aircraft Design & Research Institute, and the Beijing Friendship Hospital have designed a new “smart” contact lens that could ...

XPANCEO, a deep-tech company that develops smart contact lenses as the ultimate form factor for AI-powered XR computing, has unveiled six prototypes at GITEX Global 2025. The company demonstrated ...

Smart contact lenses are no longer just a futuristic idea, as early versions of smart lenses and wearable eye technology already exist in research labs and prototypes. These advanced contact lenses ...

XPANCEO isn’t convinced the future of computing is in headsets. The Dubai-based technology company isn’t sold on the idea the future of computing is in internet-connected glasses or goggles. It ...

Smart contact lens startup XPANCEO announced it’s secured $250 million in Series A funding, putting its valuation at $1.35 billion and minting it as XR’s most recent unicorn. The funding round was led ...