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0 pointshkmurakami8y ago0 comments

Selling prescription eye wear in the United States seems to come with a lot of red tape. I don't think they want to get in the business of requesting and verifying an eye exam within the last 12 months before selling a one size fits all consumer item.

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rtkwe8y ago

Do you really have to to just provide frames though? Couldn't they just sell empty frames and have optometrists install and request lenses. I think that's how most frames work now.

ValentineC8y ago

There's at least one online optician [1] that offers prescription lenses for Snap's spectacles.

I can't imagine the spectacles not being usable over normal eyeglasses either, just like other off-the-shelf sunglasses or 3D glasses.

[1] e.g. https://www.glassesusa.com/snap-spectacles

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