20/20 vision may be the gold standard today, but the introduction of a new contact lens could fundamentally change what we deem to be “perfect” eyesight. The Ocumetics Bionic Lens takes correcting vision to a whole new level, promising bionic eyesight that’s up to three times better than 20/20. It may be difficult to picture now, but according to Dr. Garth Webb, the Canadian optometrist behind the bionic lens, this new device is the future of vision.
Ideally, the Ocumetics Bionic Lens would be implanted in patients after their eyes have fully developed around the age of 25, similar to the timeframe currently associated with Lasik eye surgery. But unlike Lasik, which only corrects to 20/20, Webb believes that his new technology would open up an entirely new realm of possibility in terms of eyesight. In fact, these special lenses would replace the natural lenses in the eye, giving the wearer super-charged vision.
“This is vision enhancement that the world has never seen before,” Webb told CBC News. “If you can just barely see the clock at 10 feet, when you get the Bionic Lens you can see the clock at 30 feet away.”
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