Digital health company Luminopia, Inc. has announced a collaboration with Crunchyroll to expand content options for children with amblyopia, or lazy eye, using Luminopia’s platform. Through this partnership, Luminopia will offer episodes of anime from the Crunchyroll platform that resonates with young audiences.
By partnering with Crunchyroll, Luminopia is offering even more TV episodes that resonate with young audiences and providing kids with the option to watch a wider variety of content as treatment. Specifically, the treatment targets lazy eye with modern, FDA-cleared therapy that allows pediatric patients to watch TV within a VR headset for one hour a day, six days a week.
Luminopia’s modern treatment method encourages the patient’s brain the use both eyes together, eliminating the use of eye-patching, which forces them to cover their “good eye” and go through their lives with poor vision. Parents and guardians of children with lazy eye can learn more about Luminopia from their eye doctors.
“Our mission has always been to transform lazy eye treatment into something children are actually excited about,” said Scott Xiao, Co-Founder and CEO of Luminopia. “By bringing anime content from Crunchyroll’s catalog into our library, we’re giving patients more shows to choose from, with the goal of making therapy as engaging as possible for every single child.”
“Anime takes viewers on incredible adventures, and now with Luminopia, we’re glad anime can help kids’ treatment journeys feel more like fun,” said Mitchel Berger, EVP of Global Commerce at Crunchyroll.
