The Opternative exam is a bit different than sitting down in an eye doctor's office and squinting to read a chart of letters. First of all, the online test requires you to use both your smartphone, ...

Opternative, the Chicago startup that built the first online refractive eye exam, announced Thursday that it raised a $6 million Series A. The round, led by Jump Capital with participation from ...

The annoyance of going to the doctor keeps tons of people from finding out if they need glasses or updating their prescription. But it turns out you don’t need one of those giant multi-lens machines ...

Staying safe during a pandemic means having to weigh each and every trip out of the house, as well as assess whether any possible emergency is worth risking exposure. If you are in a position where ...

The concept has ignited a firestorm among optometrists. — -- Getting a prescription for eyeglasses and contact lenses usually means scheduling a trip to the eye doctor, but Chicago-based start-up ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. That familiar eyesight chart revolutionized vision testing, and we went to ridiculous lengths to test it out That ...

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