OTHER VISIONARIES

GOOGLE AND ALCON

The two partnered to build a glucosemeasuring lens for diabetics in 2014, but shelved it in 2018 after seeing inconsistent results.

DARPA

The agency has pursued such ideas as lenses that zoom in with a blink and that work in tandem with AR glasses.

SAMSUNG

The tech giant was granted a patent for an AR lens last July, but so far hasn’t shown progress beyond an idea.