Inside the labs where glasses are redesigned for a hyper-visual world
Heather Kuldell-Ware
created: Dec. 22, 2025, 8:45 p.m. | updated: Jan. 1, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
This is the first generation to live such intensely digital, hyper-visual lives—and human vision simply wasn’t built for it.
If you wear glasses, there’s a good chance you’ve interacted with something they made, sold, or helped design.
LABEX produces prescription lenses for the French market, with a focus on premium products, including high-end Varilux lenses.
Varilux progressive lenses reduce the need for multiple pairs of glasses by combining distance, intermediate, and near vision into a single lens.
Instead of cameras and AI assistants, they weave hearing support directly into eyeglass frames, prescription lenses or not.
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