A device selected from a contact lens device and an intraocular lens device with a variable optic insert (104, 200, 371, 600) positioned within at least a portion of an optical zone of the contact lens device or the intraocular lens device, wherein the variable optic insert comprises: a front curve piece, at least a first intermediate curve piece and a back curve piece, wherein a back surface of the front curve piece has a first curvature and a front surface of the first intermediate curve piece has a second curvature; an energy source embedded in the insert in at least a region comprising a non-optical zone; a layer containing liquid crystal material, wherein the layer containing liquid crystal material includes regions of liquid crystal material aligned in a diffractive waveplate lens pattern across at least a first portion of the variable optic insert, wherein the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal material in the first portion are aligned in concentric circular paths, the orientation of the molecules within each circular path being the same and following a parabolically contracted cycloidal pattern along a radial direction, from the center of the concentric circular paths; and a layer configured to either convert light to just one circular polarization component or filter out one circular polarization component, wherein the back surface of the front curve piece and the front surface of the intermediate curve piece are configured to bound at least a portion of a first chamber, wherein a back surface of the intermediate curve piece and a front surface of the back curve piece are configured to bound at least a portion of a second chamber, wherein either: the layer containing liquid crystal material is positioned within the first chamber and the layer configured to either convert light to just one circular polarization component or filter out one circular polarization component is positioned within the second chamber; or the layer containing liquid crystal material is positioned within the second chamber and the layer configured to either convert light to just one circular polarization component or filter out one circular polarization component is positioned within the first chamber. a front curve piece, at least a first intermediate curve piece and a back curve piece, wherein a back surface of the front curve piece has a first curvature and a front surface of the first intermediate curve piece has a second curvature; an energy source embedded in the insert in at least a region comprising a non-optical zone; a layer containing liquid crystal material, wherein the layer containing liquid crystal material includes regions of liquid crystal material aligned in a diffractive waveplate lens pattern across at least a first portion of the variable optic insert, wherein the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal material in the first portion are aligned in concentric circular paths, the orientation of the molecules within each circular path being the same and following a parabolically contracted cycloidal pattern along a radial direction, from the center of the concentric circular paths; and a layer configured to either convert light to just one circular polarization component or filter out one circular polarization component, wherein the back surface of the front curve piece and the front surface of the intermediate curve piece are configured to bound at least a portion of a first chamber, wherein a back surface of the intermediate curve piece and a front surface of the back curve piece are configured to bound at least a portion of a second chamber, wherein either: the layer containing liquid crystal material is positioned within the first chamber and the layer configured to either convert light to just one circular polarization component or filter out one circular polarization component is positioned within the second chamber; or the layer containing liquid crystal material is positioned within the second chamber and the layer configured to either convert light to just one circular polarization component or filter out one circular polarization component is positioned within the first chamber. the layer containing liquid crystal material is positioned within the first chamber and the layer configured to either convert light to just one circular polarization component or filter out one circular polarization component is positioned within the second chamber; or the layer containing liquid crystal material is positioned within the second chamber and the layer configured to either convert light to just one circular polarization component or filter out one circular polarization component is positioned within the first chamber.