In the era of computers and mobile smart devices, the number of users of all ages is increasing. As much as these technological devices have their advantages, there are consequences of their use, especially if it is excessive and unnecessary. As a result of this excessive “living” in a narrow space, especially in children and teenagers, problems with their eyes appear.

One of these problems, which take a big swing especially with the emergence of mobile devices, is the so-called convergence insufficiency. This diagnosis does not refer to the patient’s good sight but refers to the weakening of some of the muscles that move the eyes, which with less fatigue contributes to the uncontrolled movement of one of the eyes, which is one of the first steps towards strabismus, but also other more serious diseases. Precisely because of this, in specialist ophthalmologic examinations, this diagnosis is often omitted, which contributes to the serious unawareness of the parents that such a thing exists at all, especially in their child.

With this innovation, we want to merge the research results for this phenomenon with the results in artificial intelligence and get a mobile software solution that uses the front camera of mobile devices, which will analyze the user’s eyes while performing other activities and detect a convergence insufficiency. In a positive detection of convergence insufficiency, the application will immediately send a message to the parent with photos of their child before and after detecting the phenomenon, which will increase the parents’ awareness of this problem. In this way, we will contribute to dealing with a health problem, but also sociologically, since convergence insufficiency is a direct cause of eye fatigue in children, which certainly affects their academic performance.

Convergence insufficiency (CI) is a problem with eye ‘teaming.’ Both eyes should point in the same spot and perceive visual space equally in order to work together as a team and provide efficient vision. This ophthalmic diagnosis is just a step towards more serious vision problems, such as strabismus, but if it is detected in a timely manner, it can be repaired with simple exercises, planned for the next EyeCon project phases.

The vast majority of people who have convergence insufficiency are able to see 20/20 on the eye chart, which is why this common binocular vision condition is often missed during vision screenings and regular eye exams. As convergence insufficiency primary affects visual functioning at near, many of the complaints occur during reading, computer work, and other near tasks. Convergence insufficiency is best detected during a Binocular vision assessment, but many doctors do not perform the testing necessary to diagnose convergence insufficiency during a routine eye exam.

This is not the case with Dr. Marijan Tomovski, who has been testing his patients for several years in his ophthalmology office “Tomovski Enterpreyes” in Kumanovo and has diagnosed and documented several hundred such cases at different ages.

On the other hand, in the United States this phenomenon has been studied for several decades, so the results of some studies indicate that in the period from 1985 to 2004, CI was 15.7% of all forms of strabismus and was diagnosed in patients with an average age of 68.5 years. But another survey conducted in Ohio, USA suggests that in the last couple of years, as much as 13% of children aged 9 to 14 have this problem.

As a reason for this dramatic change in numbers, mobile devices and mobile games have been identified that at the same time have become a sociological problem in this population, but also the parents’ unawareness about this problem has certain role in this problem.