Eyeglass prescription guide.

ZEISS Optical Inserts for Apple Vision Pro.

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Key prescripton aspects to keep in mind.

The following guide explains the prescription information you need to provide when ordering ZEISS Optical Inserts – Prescription for Apple Vision Pro. Prescription practices may vary. These points are for your reference and are not legal and/or medical advice. If you have questions about your prescription, please ask your eye care professional.

We need your eyeglass prescription to create your ZEISS Optical Inserts – Prescription (sometimes also called distance prescription).

This is why we ask you to upload it. Contact lens prescriptions or ones for task-specific uses (office or computer glasses, near reading glasses) don't qualify.
Your prescription should contain an expiration and/or issue date. In the UAE, prescriptions could be valid up to 2 years depending on medical condition of the patient, determined by eye care professional.

Expiration date: Please check if your prescription has an expiration date. If it does, please be sure your prescription has not expired. Otherwise, please contact your eye care professional.

Issue date: Most prescriptions will be valid for one year, but some could also be valid for two years. If your prescription is older than 12 months, we recommend checking with your eye care professional to make sure it's still valid.

If your prescription doesn’t have an expiry or issue date, please ask your eye care professional if the prescription is still valid.
Your eyeglass prescription needs to include your full name.
Your eyeglass prescription must include the prescriber's name.
ZEISS Optical Inserts – Prescription may include a slight power variation for individuals 40 years of age or older or those who have an ADD power on their prescription to provide a small amount of accommodative relief.
We need a copy or scan of the whole document (not only the values) to be able to validate your prescription. Please ensure all required information is included in the document in a way that is clearly readable and without being blurred or obstructed (i.e., all text is sharp). If you identify a missing value or information, please make sure to ask your eye care professional before uploading.

Be prepared

Check if you have all necessary information at hand.

This is the information we will require to make your ZEISS Optical Inserts

Your personal information
Your vision correction details for eyeglasses. If you have a value in Cylinder, then you also need to have a value in Axis, and vice versa. Please ensure your values are within range using our Prescription Checker widget.
Prescription issue date
The prescriber’s information

Please note that not all documents look the same. Information may be displayed differently. If you don't have a complete prescription document, please visit your eye care professional to obtain one.

Make sure your upload is done correctly:

Scan the whole document. If your document has multiple pages, ensure you upload all pages. Incomplete prescription documents will not be considered.
Make sure the image is not blurred (i.e., all text is sharp).
Make sure the image is not obstructed (e.g., covered with hand).

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