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L O W V ISION

“ What was

intended for the

mainstream public
has evolved for / Visolux Digital FHD Video Magnifier /
“ price tags or look at medicine bottles, compact desktop video magnifier, the
people with visual Ryan says that instead of carrying a 3x For workspaces at home, school and work,
impairments handheld magnifier with you to spot instead of huge CCTVs, Eschenbach‘s
and a 3x stand magnifier for extended Vario Digital FHD 16, and its new
periods of reading, you can have both 22-inch model can actually fold down to
in one with variable magnification. For five inches in height and magnify from
example, Eschenbach’s ergonomically 1.3 to 45 times. Students can now tuck
designed, portable, 5-inch Smartlux the desktop magnifier in a case and carry
Digital can magnify from 3 to 15 times, it from class to class. And if it’s attached
and the 12-inch Visolux Digital video to a Sony Handycam and a tripod via
magnifier can magnify from 2 to 22 the HDMI port, the student can toggle
times. back and forth from near to the distance
blackboard. The colour and contrast of
the print in the video magnifier scan can
easily be enhanced or reversed and the
LED lights can be turned off or adjusted
for glare/brightness on the page. Patients
also get a much larger lens or screen
without size changes and without
the closer working distances that
conventional higher power lenses
require. Best of all, the patient can change
the magnification and make it larger as
their eye condition worsens.
Today’s healthcare technology sometimes
seems to have been lifted from the pages
of science fiction. Since Google glasses
debuted in the early 2010s, virtual reality
has made huge strides and according
to Dr. Ho, the new virtual reality
wearables are the next “hot and sexy” for
LVR providers. “What was intended for
the mainstream public has evolved for
people with visual impairments,” says
Dr. Juricic.

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