1. A method for measuring the interpupillary distance, the method comprising; providing a fitting pad having two detection points; placing the fitting pad on the forehead of the user; capturing and uploading the image of the user; and providing pupil distance calculator software; the said software is configured for automatically locating the fitting detection points; calculating the distance in pixels of the left and right X, Y coordinates; creating an image scale by dividing the pixel counts between the detection points; automatically locating the X, Y coordinates between the center of the left and right pupils; and calculating the distance in pixels between the center of the left and right pupils.