Red-green color deficiency, red-green color blindness and total color blindness
What are the different types of color blindness and deficiencies? And how do you recognize them?
Color blindness and a red-green color deficiency are commonplace and often go unnoticed by those affected. What are t...
Constant clear visibility thanks to state-of-the-art coatings
Innovative eyeglass lens finishes that optimally protect your eyeglass lenses and increase your visual comfort
Eyeglass lens coatings such as hard coating, anti-reflective coating and CleanCoat offer protection, comfort and a be...
You might wonder - do I need to wear glasses?
For some of us, it happens at a young age, while others notice a change in our mid-40s. When eyesight declines, eyeglasses customized by an expert can help restore your vision.
Do I need glasses test? For some of us, it happens at a young age, while others notice a change in our mid-40s. When ...
Ophthalmic Optics Today: How Optical Consultation Has Changed Over the Past 10 Years
Volker Meyer and Heinrich Rath from Aalen University in Germany, spoke with BETTER VISION.
Vision has changed and naturally eyeglass manufacturers like ZEISS are responding by developing vision solutions that...
Low Vision Devices for Work: When Better Vision is Just Not Good Enough
ZEISS precision loupes for those who have to have a good eye for detail in their jobs
ZEISS teleloupe glasses are ideal for professionals such as dentists or precision engineers who need to be able to ac...
Understanding Vision: Research by ZEISS into the Fundamental Processes of Vision
The ZEISS Vision Science Lab at the University of Tübingen in Germany carries out fundamental research into vision
The ZEISS Vision Science Lab carries out research into fundamental aspects of how vision evolves, how light interacts...
Blue Light: the Good and the Bad
How much blue light do we need? And how and when should we be protecting ourselves against it? Can blue light blocking glasses or lenses help?
So what’s the deal with blue light and blue light blocking glasses? And what has changed about the artificial light w...
Only your glasses can do that!
Contact lenses are a very good alternative to glasses – yet there are still a few vision solutions that are only possible with good ol' glasses.
Getting used to progressive lenses with astigmatism? Eyeglass lenses and contact lenses are able to do more and more:...
Glasses, contact lenses or laser surgery – what's right for you?
Around half the population has a vision problem of some kind. However, these conditions are now easy to correct since there is a suitable solution for virtually each one.
It can be done now, thanks to medical and technical advances. Today, an eye care professional can help almost everyon...
How a patent filed by ZEISS set new standards for progressive lenses 30 years ago
Help for presbyopia, a special kind of visual problem for optical engineering – then and now.
The search for the holy grail — the perfect progressive lens design with no out-of-focus areas — is still ongoing to ...
15 Years of Individualized Lenses with Freeform Technology from ZEISS
Something everyone thought impossible in the past: progressive lenses that are as individual as their wearers are now the measure of all things.
12 May 2000 was a landmark in the history of eyeglass lenses. The first progressive lenses bearing the name Gradal® I...
What is a Visual Impairment?
Not only old people are affected by vision problems. This article discusses what helps the visually impaired; offering them flexibility and pleasure in life.
Many of us wear glasses or contact lenses and can see normally again thanks to these visual aids. However, any person...
The complexities of the human eye – from the blind spot and macula to focused and peripheral vision
How our brain compensates for perplexing design flaws in the human eye.
Blind spot in eye, what is the blind spot of the eye and peripheral visions. Working in partnership with our eyes, ou...
No face is perfectly symmetrical, and no two people's eyes are the same distance apart
Only after the glasses frames have been precisely adjusted to the individual wearer can the lenses perform to their full potential.
To adjust eyeglass lenses in their frames, it is very important for the eye care professional to know how the individ...
The secret behind the perfect eyeglass lens design
A lot of experience, mathematics and exact knowledge of the eyeglass wearer’s needs are required to provide a tailored solution.
Only the design of complex optical surfaces makes the high performance of modern precision lenses possible. Why is th...
Old Eyeglass Lenses – New Eyeglass Frames. Is That Even Possible?
If you no longer like your eyeglass frames, but the lenses are still perfectly customized to your eyesight condition, how can an eye care professional help you in your search for a new model?
Putting old lenses into new frames or transferring lenses to new frames? Can it be done? If you no longer like your e...
My Vision Profile by ZEISS – the totally different vision test
Determine your personal visual habits and find your individualised lens solution from ZEISS
My Vision Profile by ZEISS can help with a lens recommendation, show you what challenges your eyes face in everyday l...
Take part in an online vision test and check the quality of your vision.
Check here if it's time to have another eye exam with an eyecare professional.
Take our eye test online to check if it’s time you had another eye exam. Use the ZEISS Online Vision Test to obtain a...