EU researchers are unlocking the secrets of the human eye, creating cutting-edge digital models that are transforming the quality of eye surgeries. For 89-year-old Mercedes Alvarez from the ...

The retina is a thin layer of tissue that receives light at the back of the eye. It processes the light from the lens to send impulses through the optic nerve to the brain. The vitreous body is a ...

The cornea is the smooth front surface of the eye that covers the lens and focuses most of the light that hits the eye onto the retina at the back of the eye, he said. The cornea is predominantly ...

The lens of your eye is an olive-shaped portion that sits just behind the cornea, pupil, and iris. It changes shape to help focus on different distances that we see. Many things can go wrong with ...

In much the same way, the eye’s once transparent lens becomes cloudy. Cataract surgery removes the clouded lens of the eye and replaces it with a new, clear lens to restore your vision.

Photo by Road to VR Compared to every HMD that exists today, Mojo Vision’s smart contact lens is particularly interesting because it moves with your eye.That means the display itself—despite ...

The space between the scleral lens and the eye is a reservoir that you fill with saline. Scleral lenses are comfortable for people with dry eyes. Soft contact lenses rest on the cornea.

In a blog post this week, Drew Perkins, the CEO of Mojo Vision, said he was the first to have an "on-eye demonstration of a feature-complete augmented reality smart contact lens." In an interview ...

The converging (convex) lens provides the rest of the refraction necessary to focus the rays of light sharply on the light sensitive cells of the retina at the back of the eye. The ciliary muscles ...

Cataracts are cloudy areas in the lens of the eye. They are common as you age. According to the National Eye Institute, more than half of adults in the United States over the age of 80 have ...

Normal blood vessel rupture. The normal blood vessels of the eye can also cause blood leakage when damaged. The vitreous humor is attached to the lens in the front and the retina at the back.