Adaptive focus glasses may be the last lenses you'll ever need

Switching back and forth between sunglasses, reading glasses, and regular glasses can be a hassle. Who wants to keep track of all those lenses? This common headache is a thing of the past thanks the 32ºN adaptive focus sunglasses we first saw at CES 2022. The product wowed attendees of the trade show back then, but it was made available for the public to use later that year. We haven’t tested them yet, but the tech remains as nifty as ever.

The adaptive focus shades from Deep Optics can, well, adapt their focus with a simple swipe of the finger across the frames’ temple piece (much like the navigation on the ill-fated Google Glass). The lens itself can adjust to your prescription, and the accompanying app can be used to make modifications to the amount of magnification and even test your vision to see if your prescription needs adjustment.

32ºN adaptive glasses

The 32ºN adaptive glasses ensure you never have to switch glasses for reading, driving, or other activities.

$849 at 32ºN

The lenses are made of extremely cool-sounding “pixelated liquid crystal layers” that respond to a processor built into the frames. The processor tells the pixels to change their electrical state according to the magnification requested by the app (that contains your lens prescription details). So, the 32ºN adaptive glasses are basically shape-shifting lenses that fulfill the brand’s promise of being “superhero glasses for real people.” Simply put, these special specs have Tony Stark written all over them.

A simple finger swipe changes the lens magnification between that of normal glasses and reading glasses, so your eyes are ready for any and all kinds of activity. If you’re in the market for some adjustable focus glasses, these are certainly one of a kind.

32ºN adaptive focus sunglasses cost $849, come in four different frame colors, and are available now.