Next time you want to get your eyes tested, you may not have to visit the optician — you could test your eyes yourself at home using a new gadget that was named an Innovation Awards Honoree at CES 2019.
The EyeQue VisionCheck is an automated optical device that lets you measure your eyes’ refractive error, which is the numerical description of short or longsightedness that needs to be corrected with glasses. The system uses a smartphone app and a motorized optical scope along with a cloud-based platform to check your eyes at home. The optical scope attaches to the smartphone screen and uses Bluetooth to send data collected from your eyes to the phone, making it a cheap and mobile way to test eyesight.