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‘Based off of your facial measurements’: 3D-printed eyeglasses made to fit your face being sold at NFM
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As 3D printing technology evolves, some people are using it to make things more practical.One of the newer creations is 3D-printed glasses. Inside Nebraska Furniture Mart’s new optical center is the Yuniku Design Center for 3D-printed glass frames.”It’s going to take a scan of your face, and then allow us to 3D print glasses based off of your facial measurements, so we can get an exact fit so that they fit well,” said NFM optical supervisor Christian Robertson.From there, people can virtually try on a variety of different frames.”So, the Yuniku frames are in about the $250-280 range, which is about our average frame price,” he said.Robertson thinks this is the future of eyeglasses, and he’s not the only one. “I’ve been designing eyewear for about 25 years,” said frame designer Alan Tipp. “There’s a big problem if you go into any retail store, whether it’s sunglasses or optical, the department has to make some decisions as to what they’re going to carry.”And that’s why he said there’s a growing market for 3D-printed frames.”This technology behind that allows them to scan your face, interpret that data, get the right pantoscopic tilt angle on your face, get the right size of your A and B dimensions and then the distance between your nose,” he said.Tipp prints custom frames out of his home studio in Elkhorn, and he’ll soon start selling 3D-printed glasses from his company Mtrl Objects.”We started this process using artificial intelligence. So, I am prompting AI to deliver me concepts,” Tipp said.With growing demand, Tipp hopes more people take a look at a new way to see the world around them.
As 3D printing technology evolves, some people are using it to make things more practical.
One of the newer creations is 3D-printed glasses.
Inside Nebraska Furniture Mart’s new optical center is the Yuniku Design Center for 3D-printed glass frames.
“It’s going to take a scan of your face, and then allow us to 3D print glasses based off of your facial measurements, so we can get an exact fit so that they fit well,” said NFM optical supervisor Christian Robertson.
From there, people can virtually try on a variety of different frames.
“So, the Yuniku frames are in about the $250-280 range, which is about our average frame price,” he said.
Robertson thinks this is the future of eyeglasses, and he’s not the only one.
“I’ve been designing eyewear for about 25 years,” said frame designer Alan Tipp. “There’s a big problem if you go into any retail store, whether it’s sunglasses or optical, the department has to make some decisions as to what they’re going to carry.”
And that’s why he said there’s a growing market for 3D-printed frames.
“This technology behind that allows them to scan your face, interpret that data, get the right pantoscopic tilt angle on your face, get the right size of your A and B dimensions and then the distance between your nose,” he said.
Tipp prints custom frames out of his home studio in Elkhorn, and he’ll soon start selling 3D-printed glasses from his company Mtrl Objects.
“We started this process using artificial intelligence. So, I am prompting AI to deliver me concepts,” Tipp said.
With growing demand, Tipp hopes more people take a look at a new way to see the world around them.
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