World leaders in adaptive focus lens technologies

A revolution in sight

Adlens is pioneering adaptive optics technologies that we hope will have a profound impact on the future of AR, VR and eyewear.

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About Us

Our focus

Fifteen years ago, we were a team of Oxford scientists. Inspired by the science of sight, we developed dynamic lenses that change focus just like the human eye. Today, we are partnered with some of the world’s leading augmented reality, technology and optical companies, helping them change the way we see – allowing our vision to work naturally in virtual worlds, in mixed realities and in the real world too.

While sometimes human progress will rely on new software, smaller hardware or more processing power, we believe that to make a real step change you have to combine these advances with the science of the things that make us human. If we can do just that, after 700 years, we believe there will be a revolution in sight.

Our Solutions

Adlens is pioneering the development of lenses that we hope will have a profound impact on the future of AR, VR and how well we see as we get older.

In virtual reality, we are developing our Stimulated Eye Engagement (SEE) technology which enables the human eye to focus on virtual content in a natural way. Making virtual worlds feel genuinely three dimensional, more realistic and more comfortable.

In augmented reality, we are developing our DFI™ technology (Dynamic Focal Integration) which will take AR beyond smart glasses and make it possible to place real and virtual objects together accurately and believably in the real world, creating a genuine mixed reality.

Using adaptive focus lenses, we are developing better solutions to presbyopia, the natural deterioration in near vision that we all experience as we age.

Our Team

Get to know us

Adlens is a diverse team of people including scientists, engineers and designers who have spent 15 years exploring the science of the way we see. We know that digital solutions alone cannot solve the challenges we face in vision and immersion – these problems are ultimately human.

Our Leadership

Leadership & Advisory Board

James Chen

Founder

Our founder and key shareholder, James Chen, is a venture philanthropist who has become gripped by one issue: 2.5 billion people still struggle with poor vision without treatment. He co-founded Adlens to investigate the technology, followed by Vision for a Nation a charity supporting emerging nations – starting with Rwanda – in providing affordable glasses and primary eye care. Recently James launched the Clearly campaign to inspire promote greater awareness of the global vision issue. His mission is to see a world where everyone has access to vision correction.

John Kennedy

CEO

John is the one who knits it together. Mesmerized by the juggling people do to ensure they have glasses to hand, he knows there’s a better way. An engineer by training, he’s built his experience in tech and consumer growth businesses. When not at work a bicycle never seems far away.

Dr. Rob Stevens

CTO

Rob talks, thinks, breathes physics & optics. He is responsible for developing all the technology that is fundamental to Adlens. If science hasn’t defined it yet as impossible, he’s up for it. Prior to Adlens he was to be found teaching at Oxford University. Cars, children and badminton also vie for his attention.

Sian James

COO

Motivator, organizer and engineer, Siân drives the development of the business. Steeped in innovation from her time at Dyson and Xerox, she has the will to succeed and a wicked sense of humor. In any spare time, she’s a talented chef and scuba diver.

Richard Hill

Chief Products Officer

Richard is our product guy. Design, innovation, consumer experience and attention to detail are all close to his heart. A product designer by training, he’s been design director for the Eurostar station at St Pancras, the new Eurostar trains, the London 2012 brand roll out and more recently the rebranding of the Co-op. His dream car is the Monte Carlo winning 1964 Mini Cooper S.

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Contact us

Adlens Limited, Chilbrook, Oasis Park, 1 Stanton Harcourt Rd, Eynsham, Witney OX29 4TP

For more information about Adlens or our technology services email contact@adlens.com or call +44 1865 980400.

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