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by comfypotato 1208 days ago
I may be able to use this!

I’m intrigued by the idea of special glasses for the computer. 4 lenses, 2 over each eye. Basically binoculars for the computer screen an arm’s length away. They would allow greater magnification than reading glasses at the same distance. I’ve got the 3D printer, but I’ve struggled with the lens details.

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Producing a non-inverted image with only two lenses per eye and no additional prisms implies a Galilean telescope with a convex lens as the objective and a concave lens as the eyepiece. Zeiss makes distance magnifying eyeglasses using this design and calls them teleloupe spectacles:

https://www.zeiss.com/vision-care/int/eye-care-professionals...

If you're going to make your own, keep in mind that there will be a tradeoff between magnification and field of view.