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PLAY, WIN, LEARN

To raise awareness of the importance of vision in a fun way, VSP Vision Care, the nation’s largest vision benefits and services company, has created the “Look & Find Sweepstakes” online tropical maze game for consumers. The interactive game is educational and allows players the chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to Jamaica, among other prizes.

Last year, more than 300,000 visitors played a previous version of an interactive, vision-related game on the site, resulting in more than 1,000 winners.

“Often people don’t realize that our eyes are the window to our health,” says Jim McGrann, president of VSP Vision Care. “All of the resources on SeeMuchMore.com make it fun for the whole family to learn about their eyes and see the value of vision benefits.”

INFO: sweepstakes.seemuchmore.com

SUPER BLOG

Super Systems Optical Technologies, maker of the Fast Grind in-house lens surfacing system, has created a company blog to provide updates on the company as well as content related to the industry and in-house lab equipment. There may even be some optical humor thrown in as well.

According to the company, it was important for them to find a social medium that allows for a more personalized connection to their customers and to the optical community in general. The decision to start a blog seemed to be a great fit and will allow for daily interactions, stories, and news. The blog will have daily entries to provide up-to-date information regarding FastGrind, as well as news throughout the optical industry.

INFO: superopticalblog.com

KNOWLEDGE IS FUN

Opticians studying for their certification exams, or just looking to brush up on their optical knowledge, can download an app to help them do just that.

OptiQuiz, from EyeTrain, is an optical knowledge-packed app designed to help opticians review test content for certification exams like the ABO, NCLE, COA, and JCAPHO.

Founded by Monica Scott, LDO, AAT, ABOM, NCLE, EyeTrain Apps encourages certification and licensure and is dedicated to providing new ways to enhance and supplement optical education. The OptiQuiz app quizzes the user with more than 400 ABO exam-style questions that are based as closely as possible to current ABO and NCLE test specifications.

EyeTrain has released a new version (1.1) that provides the correct answers and has two modes: a timed mode and a non-timed mode. More than 100 additional questions have also been added. It is available for Apple and Android devices.

INFO: Apple: itunes.apple.com

Android: play.google.com