Augmented-Reality Glasses for Legally Navigating Blind
Startup VA-ST thinks its depth-sensing glasses can help people with little sight get around more easily.
Hicks, a neuroscience and visual prosthetics research fellow at the University of Oxford, is the cofounder of VA-ST, a startup that emerged from the university that’s building glasses that use a depth sensor and software to highlight the outlines of nearby people and objects and simplify their features.
More information: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/538491/augmented-reality-glasses-could-help-legally-blind-navigate/