Top 5 Electronic Glasses for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Stats from the 2017 NHIS (National Health Interview Survey) reveal:

Though rapid advances in medical sciences are prompting various innovative treatments for people with low vision or blindness, not everyone gets the opportunity for treatment.

That’s why it is important to know the alternatives to costly and complicated eye procedures and treatments, for example, electronic glasses, are surely one interesting option. Here’s a list of the top 5 electronic glasses for the blind and visually impaired.

IrisVision 

IrisVision electronic glasses for the blind and visually impaired are a highly innovative assistive technology solution, which is registered with the FDA as a Class-1 medical device  and is redefining the concept of wearable low vision aids.

A combination of a Samsung’s VR headset and a smartphone, IrisVision gives birth to an innovative solution aimed at helping people with eye problems like macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy (DR), retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and so forth. 

 Price: $2,950/- Website
 
Features

• Electronic glasses for low vision, where a smartphone mounted VR headset is used to capture the scene offering a magnified view to the user in the lenses
  

• Customizable magnification up to 14X
  

• One of the widest field of views (FOV) at 70 degrees providing a more realistic experience
  

• Supplemented with user-friendly and customizable control settings for ease of use
  

• Offers unmatched assistance in performing a wide range of daily activities ranging from simple tasks like reading a book and watching TV to something as elaborative as painting, knitting, sewing, and seeing the faces of your loved ones
  

• Offers a special type of magnification through its patented “Bubble View” technology, which offers an enhanced view of anything lying within the bubble, without losing the broader context of the surroundings
  

• Boasts different viewing modes to cater for different types of visual limitations and use case scenarios; for instance, ‘Scene Mode’, ‘Bioptic Mode’, ‘TV Mode’, multiple reading modes and so forth
  

• ‘IrisVision Assistant’, enable users to enjoy a totally “hands-free” experience by responding to your voice commands for performing your desired actions; for instance, you can ask ‘IrisVision Assistant’ to “Magnify 10x” and it will provide you with a 10x zoom for an image you want to see
  

• ‘Iris Reader’ is also a proprietary feature introduced to make it easy for you to enjoy your favorite books, magazines or anything else you want to read. Based on contemporary OCR (optical character recognition) techniques, ‘Iris Reader’ will read your desired text out loud for you

 

Acesight 

Acesight is also one of the latest wearable low vision aids produced by Zoomax, designed to help people with low vision conditions. Based on ‘Augmented Reality’ technology, it offers an HD display floating right before your eyes, thanks to a pair of head-mounted goggles, which are connected to a controller through a wire. Provides up to 15X magnification, while the wired controller allows you to customize the colors and contrast. This electronic eyewear is designed to cater to the needs of people with visual acuity ranging from 20/100 to 20/800, as affected by a host of eye diseases like macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy                                                                                                                                     

Price: $4,995/-  Website


Features

• Offers AR integrated (Augmented Reality) open display
  

• 8 megapixels camera to capture view
  

• 45-degrees field of view (FOV), more than what many competitors are offering
  

• Up to 10 color contrast options to adjust to your individual needs
  

• Floating reading mode
  

• Lightweight

NuEyes Pro 

 

What conditions does NuEyes help?

• Macular Degeneration
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Ocular Albinism
• Optic Atrophy
• Cone-Rod Dystrophy
• Forms of Glaucoma
• Stargardt’s Disease
• Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
• Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
• Nystagmus
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Forms of Retinitis Pigmentosa
• And other conditions

 

Price: $5,995/- Website:
 

Features

• Lightweight head-worn unit mounted with a camera
  

• Adjustable magnification up to 12x
  

• 30-degrees field of view (FOV)
  

• Different color and contrast options
  

• Voice controlled
  

• Wireless
  

• OCR enabled
  

• Bar code and QR scanning options

MyEye2

These are low vision electronic glasses designed to make reading, writing, recognizing faces and various other daily activities easier for visually impaired people. A light attachable camera distinguishes it from an ordinary pair of glasses, which is mounted on the frame of the glasses by the side.

 

 

Price: $3,500/- website

Features

• Distinguished by a light attachable camera, which can be mounted on the side of the frame of your glasses
  

• Best served as electronic glasses specialized in offering reading assistance on any surface
  

• Wireless operations
  

• Can read multiple languages
  

• Efficient color detection
  

• Automatic page detection enabled
  

• Gesture enabled reading capabilities, requiring simple finger-pointing
  

• Also helpful in face recognition, barcode identification, and product identification

 

eSight 

These electronic glasses for low vision are designed to assist people suffering from different types of low vision issues to see better. eSight is a specially designed head-mounted unit, which is connected to a  battery through a wire. This can affect your mobility to a certain degree and you also need to be aware of the charging level of the device’s battery.

Price: $5,950/- website

Features

• Specially designed head-mounted goggles
  

• A forward-facing camera captures the images and displays them inside the glasses
  

• 35-degrees field of view (FOV), best serving the visual acuities around 20/200
  

• Clinical settings can be customized
  

• Equipped with OCR (Optical Character Recognition)