Special lenses reduce the likelihood of epileptic attacks. Novel hearing glasses make for more inclusive conversations.
Now, a New York-based company has developed smart glasses for vision-impaired people or those with retinal diseases like age-related macular degeneration. The trick?
Two cameras in the frames record the field of vision, while two inward-facing cameras capture the eye and its movement. On the inside of each lens is a display with 100 sections.
Software sends images taken from different angles of areas that are clearly visible to the user to these displays. This causes optic nerves to stimulate the brain to fill in the missing details, creating a single full-field image.
Others are reconstructing the retina, or redeveloping it altogether.
