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Virtual Vision Test
Renew your Rx from your phone!
Want to renew your eyeglasses or contact lens prescription without making a trip to the optometrist? A five-minute test in Warby Parker’s Virtual Vision Test lets you take care of it all from home.
What we love: The app’s simplicity. Prop up your iPhone and step back 10 feet (the app will let you know when you’re at the right distance). Then read aloud the letters that appear on your screen. An optometrist will review your test within 48 hours and renew your prescription or recommend a more comprehensive in-person exam
Quick tip: The service is available for those 18 to 65 in select states who have a single-vision distance prescription. You’ll need an iPhone 6s or newer to run the test.
Meet the creator: Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa cofounded Warby Parker in 2010 with two friends while attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The company’s name is derived from Warby Pepper and Zagg Parker—two characters in novelist Jack Kerouac’s journals.