Oakley SPHAERA unisex sunglasses, Matte black/PRIZM Golf

The Oakley SPHAERA was engineered to push the boundaries of sports performance with an exceptionally wide field of view that lets you see everything in front of you — and thanks to Prizm™ lens technology, you see it in stunning detail. The lightweight O Matter™ frame sits comfortably under hats and helmets, while the front venting opening improves airflow during intense activity. Unobtainium® nose pads and sculpted earsocks deliver a no-slip grip even when you sweat. Prizm™ lenses filter 100% of UVA/UVB/UVC rays and harmful blue light up to 400 nm, while the rounded wrap-around shape protects your eyes from wind, dust, water and other outdoor hazards. Slip them on and experience the next generation of sport eyewear — fit so dialed-in you forget you're wearing them.

Key Features

• Multi-Sport Design: Modern, sleek silhouette with an expanded field of view, optimized retention and all-day comfort.
• Lightweight O Matter™ Frame: Stress-resistant, injection-molded frame material that stays comfortable hour after hour.
• Unobtainium® Grip: Nose pads and earsock tips that grip more securely as you perspire, keeping the frame stable under hats and helmets.
• PRIZM™ Golf Lens Technology: Fine-tuned color and contrast enhancement designed to reveal subtle details on the course.
• 100% UV Protection: Lenses block UVA, UVB and UVC plus harmful blue light up to 400 nm.
• HDO® Optical Clarity: High Definition Optics® meets or exceeds ANSI standards for clarity, visual fidelity and impact resistance.
• Wraparound Coverage: Rounded shape and broad coverage shield your eyes from wind, dust, debris and water.

Technology in Detail

Specifications

Oakley PRIZM™ Golf Lenses

What is PRIZM™?

PRIZM™ is Oakley's revolutionary lens technology that fine-tunes vision for specific environments and specific sports. It enhances colors precisely where the human eye is most sensitive to detail, improving performance and safety without the compromises associated with conventional lenses. It is the first time that lenses have been developed for individual sport activities, with each tint engineered around the visual demands of a particular discipline.

Main Benefits

• Fine-tunes visual acuity so you see more clearly and react sooner.
• Enhances color recognition and lets you focus on what you need to see.
• Optimizes the ability to see and track moving objects within your field of view.
• Improves optical performance and safety so you can compete with confidence.

How Does PRIZM™ Work?

Thanks to specially engineered compounds, PRIZM™ lenses filter out the optical "noise" in light that disrupts color separation. You can think of the technology as an ultra-precise color tuner that is designed specifically for the visual environment of your sport or activity, isolating the wavelengths your eye needs and suppressing the ones that wash detail away.

What Makes PRIZM™ Different From Other Lenses?

Ordinary sunglasses simply darken everything. Some lenses do improve contrast, but they are designed for a broad spectrum of activities and environments, which means compromises. They lack the fine color tuning you need for a specific use case. Just as the gear and equipment you use for your sport is purpose-built, the lens in your performance eyewear should be too — and with PRIZM™, you finally get that level of specialization.

How Did Oakley Achieve This Innovation?

Oakley engineers used hyperspectral imaging — the same technology employed by reconnaissance satellites — to analyze light in real-world environments. That analysis, combined with relentless attention to detail and precise rendering, set a new standard in the sports optics industry and made each PRIZM™ tint a finely calibrated tool rather than a generic sunglass filter.

Why Do You Need to See the Right Colors?

Every environment places unique demands on our vision. PRIZM™ was created with the needs of specific sports and surroundings in mind. Seeing the world in the right colors gives you the ability to recognize things as they really are and helps you perceive potential hazards — such as roots or branches along a bike trail, or subtle ridges on a green. A standard lens tries to achieve this by simply adding contrast, but that approach can shift colors. The color balance of PRIZM™ is far more sophisticated: the main benefits are not only increased contrast, but also better color perception and crisp visual clarity. Similarly, an object in your peripheral vision presents a challenge because it falls on a part of the eye that has fewer color-sensitive cells. By targeting the right colors, we also target the right cells for your sport and its environment. PRIZM™ ensures your view is precise and detail-rich — and that translates directly into better performance.

How Does PRIZM™ Let You See Colors The Way You Need to See Them?

Conventional sunglasses are like a simple volume control. When you turn the volume down, you reduce all the sound wavelengths together without any tuning. A stereo equalizer, on the other hand, lets you adjust the sound by setting bass and treble across specific parts of the spectrum. PRIZM™ does exactly that in the light spectrum: it fine-tunes individual parts of the color spectrum independently, sharpening the cues your eye relies on most.

PRIZM™ Golf Lenses

If you want to play golf really well, you need to read the light transitions across the course correctly, judge distances accurately and have a sharp eye for the surface of the turf. With the PRIZM™ lens, color separation is easier — and when you are on the green you can more easily distinguish the characteristics of the grass and the grain of the surface, helping you commit to the line with confidence.

• Spot surface changes you would normally overlook.
• Enhanced contrast helps you distinguish different qualities of turf.
• Separation of green tones gives you a better sense of the light transitions across the course.