The Basics
Why Custom Matters
Progressive lenses (the modern, no-line successor to bifocals) let you see at every distance — reading, computer, driving — through a single pair of glasses. The catch: a traditional progressive is a one-design-fits-all product. The reading area sits where the average person is assumed to look, the corridors are shaped for average head movement, and everyone gets essentially the same map.
But nobody is average. Some people read with their eyes and barely move their head; others do the opposite. Some live on a laptop all day; others are out driving. When a standard design doesn't match your natural behavior, you get the classic progressive complaints: narrow reading zones, blur at the edges, that "swimming" feeling, and a long, frustrating adaptation period.
Mimesys® by Horizons Optical
How AI Designs Your Lens
Measure
Using virtual reality, precise sensors track your gaze dynamics — how your eyes and head naturally coordinate as you read, glance, and scan through everyday visual tasks. It's quick, comfortable, and even a little fun.
Design
That measurement becomes your visual fingerprint. Artificial intelligence uses it to design a progressive lens around your behavior — placing the clear zones where your eyes actually go, instead of where an average template assumes they go.
Experience
Before your lenses are ever made, the system can simulate lens designs in VR so you preview how your options will feel. Then your one-of-a-kind lenses are crafted and fitted into the frame of your choice by our licensed opticians.
Mimesys® is a lens technology by Horizons Optical. Available designs include everyday progressives as well as office/computer and single-vision variants.
Is It for You?
Who Benefits Most
- First-time progressive wearers — start with a lens designed for you and skip the rough adaptation stories you've heard.
- Anyone who "failed" progressives before — if you tried progressives and gave up, a personalized design often solves exactly what bothered you.
- Heavy screen users — designs tuned for desk and computer work keep the mid-range wide and comfortable through long workdays.
- The detail-oriented — if you've invested in beautiful frames, the lens inside should be just as considered.
Our opticians — with decades of experience fitting complex prescriptions — will pair your Mimesys design with the right frame, measure everything precisely, and fine-tune the fit until it's right.
Common Questions
Custom Lens FAQ
What makes Mimesys different from regular progressive lenses?
Standard progressive lenses use a one-design-fits-all layout. Mimesys lenses are designed around your personal gaze dynamics — how your eyes and head actually move when you read, work, and look around — using VR-based measurement and AI. The result is a lens matched to the way you use your eyes, which typically means wider usable zones where you need them and easier adaptation.
I could never get used to progressive lenses before. Will these help?
Many people who struggled with off-the-shelf progressives do better with a personalized design, because the common complaints — narrow reading zones, swim effect, having to point your nose at everything — often come from a design that doesn't match your natural eye and head movement. A consultation with our opticians will determine whether a Mimesys design is a good fit for your prescription and habits.
What is the VR fitting experience like?
Quick and comfortable: you wear a lightweight virtual reality headset while sensors measure how your eyes move through everyday visual tasks. The system can also simulate different lens designs so you can experience your options before your lenses are made.
Can I put Mimesys lenses in any frame?
Yes — Mimesys designs work with virtually any frame, including the designer frames we carry. Our licensed opticians will make sure the frame and the lens design work together for your prescription and lifestyle.
See the Difference
Experience Lenses Made for You
Visit us in Garden City for a consultation and discover what a progressive lens designed around your eyes feels like. Serving Garden City and neighboring Nassau County communities for more than 50 years.