Optical Prism May 2016 | Page 29

ESSILOR LAUNCHES EYEZEN CHALLENGE Essilor, the world leader in ophthalmic optics, launched the Eyezen Challenge in association with Fnatic, one of the world’s top ranked eSports teams. This immersive digital experience will allow everyone to challenge one of the world stars of eSports, using just their eyes. This challenge has been created to educate a generation of young Internet users, who can spend up to 7 hours a day on screens, about the importance of preserving their vision. Eyezen™ lenses relieve and help protect the eyes thanks to new Eyezen™ Focus™ technology and a harmful blue light filtering system. Eyezen™ is designed for a connected life, for both eyeglass wearers and non-wearers. "We wanted to introduce them to Eyezen™ through an entertaining experience linked to their daily habits which raises awareness about the importance of taking care of their eyes, especially in intensive screen usage.” The experience features the Fnatic, one of the leading international teams in eSports, and incorporates some aspects of the League of Legends game. A gaze tracking technology allows the player to neutralize targets and harmful blue-violet lights that appear on the screen. During the Eyezen Challenge, the player will face global eSports star Martin Rekkles Larsson, equipped with Eyezen™ lenses, in a unique face-to-face encounter. Players who achieve the best scores will participate in a draw with the chance to see a live game o