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    • Ophthalmology and Vision Science
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Wearable Technology

    Background:

    • Over 2 billion people worldwide experience visual impairment, often due to optical issues like myopia and presbyopia.
    • Existing solutions like bifocal lenses can be uncomfortable and are not personalized.
    • There is a significant need for adaptive eyewear that can dynamically adjust lens focus.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the feasibility of non-invasively recording eye accommodation using a wearable device.
    • To enable real-time measurement of eye convergence for determining visual focus.
    • To lay the groundwork for developing adaptive vision-correcting glasses.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized Electro-oculography (EoG) to monitor eye muscle activity and estimate eye movements.
    • Recruited 11 participants to switch gaze between near and far targets while EoG was recorded.
    • Developed a correlation-based classifier to differentiate between near-to-far and far-to-near visual transitions.

    Main Results:

    • Identified two distinct EoG waveforms corresponding to transitions between near and far visual targets.
    • Achieved a high classification accuracy of 97.9±1.37% in distinguishing gaze transition directions.
    • Demonstrated the potential of EoG for real-time eye focus tracking.

    Conclusions:

    • This pilot study validates the feasibility of using wearable EoG for non-invasive eye accommodation monitoring.
    • The findings support the development of adaptive eyewear based on real-time eye focus detection.
    • Further research and device development are warranted based on these promising initial results.