A pair of smart glasses built on the enterprise edition of Google Glass can help blind people see and let them know if someone gets close.
. The goal of the glasses is to make it easier for blind people, or visually impaired people, to get around. The glasses help blind people see by using a small built-in speaker to alert them of things. There’s also a small camera on the side, which can scan objects and people.
The camera is also capable of scanning text, which it can then relay to the user using the built-in speaker. Altogether, the glasses help people see by giving them technology that can assist them. Sometimes this is done with A.I. Other times, the Envision glasses let the user contact friends or family via video call, so they can describe the environment to them.
Later on, as machine learning and artificial intelligence research continues, products like this may be able to help blind people see without the aid of others. For now, though, the Envision glasses rely on processing visual information and feeding it to the user via audio.Envision isn’t the only company developing apps and hardware to help blind people see. Google’s Lookout app can help people identify food labels, as well as find objects in a room.
Of course, there are also scientific endeavors looking for ways to help visually impaired users improve their eyesight. Some scientists have created a
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