Introducing NEW AO b'Active with a Bigger, Better Active Viewing Zone For People on the Go.

These days, people are leading active lifestyles in record numbers. As baby boomers grow older, they're not just sitting back and aging gracefully. Today's presbyopes are more active than any previous generation. They're living longer and enjoying health and fitness as an important part of their lives.

PRESBYOPES: THEIR ACTIVITIES, THEIR VISUAL REQUIREMENTS.

• Active presbyopes are enjoying a range of activities such as walking, hiking, cycling and doing aerobics.
• They also watch an active world (keeping up with the kids, enjoying sports and theater).
• Good dynamic vision requires virtually seamless vision and minimum skew distortion, allowing quick response to peripheral visual cures.

CONVENTIONAL PROGRESSIVES CAN'T KEEP UP.

Conventional progressives have pronounced disadvantage for people on the go because:

• The Active Viewing Zones aren't big enough and peripheral vision is insufficient.
• Skew distortion contributes to a sense of swim which is very disorienting when active.
• Pronounced transition between visual fields causes image jump and interrupts vision whether tracking a tennis ball or keeping up with the kids.

AO b'Active has changed all of that.

BIGGER BETTER ACTIVE VIEWING ZONE

The Active Viewing Zone (AVZ) is the portion of the lens providing clarity of vision sufficient for dynamic vision.

In AO b'Active:

• The AVZ is larger than in conventional progressives. Enhanced peripheral vision supplements the wide, clear central viewing area of the lens.
• Whether wearers are participating in activities or watching an active world, AO b'Active improves dynamic vision.

MINIMAL SKEW DISTORTION

The last thing a wearer needs is a rocking, swimming sensation during activities. Yet conventional progressive lenses have distortion that causes this swim effect. Compare the smoothness of AO b'Active with the undulations in the conventional progressive.

With AO b'Active, there is:

• Minimal distortion.
• Dynamic vision without the "rock and roll".

PATENTED SMOOTHING TECHNIQUE

An obvious requirement for an active wearer is to move easily from one viewing zone to another. But conventional progressives reveal a visually disturbing image jump.

AO b'Active offers:

• A smoothed design so innovative, we patented it.
• Gradients for both power and astigmatism that are very low and distributed smoothly for gradual an seamless integration of the entire visual field.

DESIGN SUMMARY

Only AO b'Active lets you offer:

• A bigger, better Active Viewing Zone with enhanced peripheral vision that supplements the wide, clear central viewing area of the lens.

• Minimal skew distortion for dynamic vision without the "rock and roll".

• A patented smoothing technique for virtually seamless integration of visual fields.

If you want to keep up with the demands of today's active lifestyles, recommend the first progressive to b'active.