--- title: Spy Optic Happy Boost Lens: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 description: Find out why Spy Optic Happy Boost Lens is one of the best inventions of 2022 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6228996/spy-optic-happy-boost-lens/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-11-10T11:14:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:08:56.114Z og:title: Spy Optic Happy Boost Lens: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 og:description: Find out why Spy Optic Happy Boost Lens made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6228996/spy-optic-happy-boost-lens/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6cc0d5c0818ea85/698a375bd075336485e6d6ef/best-inventions-2022-spy-happy-boost-lens-technology.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Spy Optic Happy Boost Lens: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Spy Optic Happy Boost Lens: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 twitter:description: Find out why Spy Optic Happy Boost Lens made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6cc0d5c0818ea85/698a375bd075336485e6d6ef/best-inventions-2022-spy-happy-boost-lens-technology.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2022 # Color-Enhancing Sunglasses Spy Optic Happy Boost Lens by [Eliza Brooke](https://time.com/author/eliza-brooke/) ## Eliza Brooke  These days sunglasses are capable of a lot more than just protecting your eyes and looking cool. For its [Happy Boost ](https://www.spyoptic.com/sunglasses/all-sunglasses/happy-boost)line of sunglasses, released in June, Spy Optic leaned on AI to review millions of color combinations in search of a lens formula that could brighten colors—and the wearer’s mood, perhaps. The sunglasses protect eyes and reduce glare while enhancing color by 30% when compared with the naked eye, according to the company, going beyond what similar glasses offer. What does that mean in practice? For the athletic and outdoorsy, better visibility when trail biking or snowboarding. For the more casual user, a rosebush exploding with vivid red flowers, like an Instagram filter for real life. **Buy Now:** [Spy Optic Happy Boost Lens](https://www.spyoptic.com/sunglasses/all-sunglasses/happy-boost) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6228996/spy-optic-happy-boost-lens/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6228996/spy-optic-happy-boost-lens/"},"headline":"Color-Enhancing Sunglasses","datePublished":"2022-11-10T11:14:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:08:56.114Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6228996/spy-optic-happy-boost-lens/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","best inventions","Best Inventions 2022"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6cc0d5c0818ea85/698a375bd075336485e6d6ef/best-inventions-2022-spy-happy-boost-lens-technology.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Brooke","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-brooke/"}],"creator":"Eliza Brooke","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6cc0d5c0818ea85/698a375bd075336485e6d6ef/best-inventions-2022-spy-happy-boost-lens-technology.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6228996/spy-optic-happy-boost-lens/","name":"Color-Enhancing Sunglasses"}}]}] ```