Blog | What is Technical Eyewear?

Technical Eyewear are specifically engineered frames to serve functional purposes. Most eyeglasses frame designs in particular prescription frames, are more suited to sedentary activities. However, eyeglasses are now worn during sports, hiking, rock climbing and other physical activities while lenses have grown in sophistication with multiple focal points such as progressive lens and myopia control lenses. To reduce slipping of the eyeglasses, opticians have resorted to bending the temple tip to a steeper angle, but this often cause soreness behind the ears. Another option is to use accessories such as earhooks on the temple tip to give more support. Technical eyewear is designed not just to give more support, it is designed to meet the requirements for specific purposes.

Most prescription frames are categorized according to the materials or styles. The selection of technical eyewear developed by Beta-Simplicity are designed for specific requirements. Such requirements may come from the lifestyle of the user or the lens design. VASAC eyewear is targeted for activities that require wide, unobstructed vision including area above the eyeline. Examples of these activities include rock climbing, badminton, and work environment where there are overhead controls. Concav eyewear is targeted for users with higher myopia prescription lenses. These lenses are often thicker and heavier hence Concav eyewear features concealment flange to hide the lens thickness and engineered temple tips for greater support. Myopia control lenses developed over the last few years have been shown to slow down myopia progression. Myofit eyewear aims to enhance the performance and consistency of myopia control lenses by providing more stable support and giving recommendations of frame model to each myopia control lens design. The selection of materials and style for technical eyewear is dependent on the purpose of the eyewear and is secondary to its specifications.

Concav eyewear designed and engineered for higher myopia prescription lenses.

Technical eyewear focus on the purpose of the eyewear and this purpose drives the design and development of the eyewear. The development of prescription lenses and frames has diverged over the decades with the lenses focusing on addressing vision needs and the frames on visual aesthetics. Without frames that are specifically engineered to meet the needs of the lens or the lifestyle of the user, opticians must compromise and select the most appropriate frame in their inventory to match the requirements. With technical eyewear, opticians and users can now find eyewear that can most satisfy their requirements.

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