Staying safe during a pandemic means having to weigh each and every trip out of the house, as well as assess whether any possible emergency is worth risking exposure. If you are in a position where ...

Getting new glasses has always been an at least partly offline experience. You can order frames and even lenses online — if you have the results of a recent eye exam handy. But at some point you have ...

Making time to catch the latest Netflix hit? Easy. Making time to visit the eye doctor? Surprisingly difficult. Enter: Online eye exams — because if you can do it from your couch, why wouldn’t you?

Chicago-based Opternative, makers of a web and smartphone-based eye exam, has partnered with contact lens provider 1-800-Contacts to launch InstaRx, an online service that allows existing patients to ...

Online refractive eye exam company Opternative has announced $9 million in investment financing. Trust Ventures and Pritzker Group Venture Capital led the round, with additional support from prior ...

Eye tests are an important part of life, but they aren’t always the most convenient things to work into your schedule. It’s ...

In our modern world, you can get basically everything online. That includes glasses, but in order to purchase glasses online, you do need a current prescription. For this and any eye concerns, you ...

There are multiple programs, discount centers, and online retailers that can help reduce the cost of eye exams and eyeglasses. Share on Pinterest Roo Lewis/Getty Images If you’re among the many ...

When Warby Parker started in 2010, it had a simple pitch: upend traditional optometry by providing an online marketplace where customers can buy prescription lenses at prices that don’t make them want ...

Eye doctors say an online eye exam isn’t the same as an in-person visit. Mike Groll AP Getting an eye exam can now be as easy as using your smartphone and a computer, thanks to a new website that ...

Ladderworks is a publishing startup of diverse picture books with the mission to empower over a million kids to become social entrepreneurs. Our current series features interviews, by a character ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Some optometrists are pushing back against new technology that allows consumers to get prescriptions for contact lenses and glasses with the click of a keyboard and a smartphone.