New goggles take hassles out of eye test

Researchers have developed a device that can be worn like goggles, which practically takes the hassles out of existing eye tests and gives much better results.

The new Tel Aviv University-developed device - the VIP Virtual Perimetry - removes the physical limitations of the traditional bulky machine used today.

The new device is able to instantly study and measure a patient's reflex, when presented with a visual stimulus. Equally exciting, the new device removes previously high rates of false negatives and positives answers, said Arieh S. Solomon, who heads experimental ophthalmology at Tel Aviv University. He had integrated three technologies to develop the VIP goggles.

The new cost-effective goggle device can be connected and used anywhere there is a computer hook-up, even in developing countries, or at a patient's bedside while under care.