Optometry Technology: Innovations in Eye Care

Screen Time in Baby Prams Is A Growing Concern for Eye Development

Published: 15 September 2025 | Updated: 29 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: This interview discusses screen use in prams and early visual development. Current Australian guidance recommends no sedentary screen time under age two and no more than one hour daily at ages two to five. Make time for interaction and age-appropriate play. Screen exposure alone does not diagnose myopia or explain a child’s learning difficulties.

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New Aussie Tech Development Could Help Give Sight to the Blind

Published: 18 December 2020 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Gennaris is an experimental system designed to stimulate the brain’s visual cortex. Monash’s information checked on 27 September 2026 says funding is being sought for its first human trial and recruitment is not open. It is not routine optometric treatment or a promise of natural sight.

What Is Screen Time Doing To Your Eyes?

Published: 19 October 2016 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Long periods of screen use can contribute to temporary eye discomfort, dryness and focusing fatigue. Digital-device blue light has not been shown to cause permanent eye disease.

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Making the world a more colourful place

Published: 2 August 2016 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Colour vision deficiency affects how some colours are distinguished. Testing can clarify the pattern and guide practical support. Filtering lenses may change colour contrast for some people, but do not cure inherited colour vision deficiency or automatically satisfy occupational requirements.

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Video Games – A look at interactive media’s effect on our vision

Published: 21 March 2016 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Long periods of screen use can contribute to temporary eye discomfort, dryness and focusing fatigue. Digital-device blue light has not been shown to cause permanent eye disease.

Children's Vision | Resources Blog | Technology

Is technology destroying our kids’ eyes?

Published: 25 August 2015 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Myopia makes distant objects look blurred and can progress during childhood. Correcting blur and slowing progression are different goals, and no single management option guarantees that progression will stop.

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Screen Time in Baby Prams Is A Growing Concern for Eye Development

New Aussie Tech Development Could Help Give Sight to the Blind

What Is Screen Time Doing To Your Eyes?

Making the world a more colourful place

Video Games – A look at interactive media’s effect on our vision

Is technology destroying our kids’ eyes?

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