TECHNOLOGY: Eye² Using Technology to Combat Motion Sickness By Andrew Karp Monday, July 20, 2015 12:11 AM RELATED CONTENT From Eye² to Eyecare XPand Anti Motion Sickness Glasses. XPand, which makes active shutter glasses for viewing 3D movies, TV and games as well as for vision care, has put its technology to a novel use: fighting motion sickness. The company’s X105-MS-1 Anti Motion Sickness Glasses, which are sold online to consumers for $179, use shuttering lenses to reduce severity of motion sickness while traveling by airplane, boat or driving. When the motion sickness mode is enabled on the glasses, the electro-optical system is engaged and the electronic lenses start to strobe. Both of the UV-blocking sun lenses quickly become clear. By creating longer pauses between what the person sees XPand’s Anti Motion Sickness Glasses create better perception of movement and thus minimize the disagreement between perception and vestibular interpretation of movement, according to the company’s sales literature. Unlike XPand’s Amblyz glasses, which are used to treat amblyopia, the Anti Motion Sickness Glasses are set to strobe at fixed intervals and cannot be programmed by the user. The glasses are currently available with only non-prescription lenses, although XPand can potentially make an Rx version if there is sufficient demand, according to David Chechelashvili, XPand’s executive vice president of business development. However, they can be worn over prescription glasses, he noted. “XPand is distributing the glasses via Amazon, yacht club stores, and catalogues, but not through optical retailers or eyecare professionals. “We are not convinced that it is the right way to distribute through eyecare professionals, but we are open to possibilities,” Chechelashvili said.