Researchers apply metasurfaces to standard contact lenses for customizable colour correction.
Eye2Eye Program Provides Support for People with Vision Loss
For millions of blind and visually impaired people the pandemic raises new issues around safety, transportation, and access to mental health support.
Apple and Amazon Launch Voice-Assisted Coronavirus COVID-19 Screening
Apple also partnered with CDC on app and website for coronavirus triage
This Technology Removes Need for Eye Dilation
New technology that removes the need for eye dilation during an eye exam.
Sony Partners with GiveVision to Create Compact Glasses for Visually Impaired Users
For people with low vision, simply being able to see the real world is a huge step forward — and one U.K. GiveVision will address with new AR-like glasses that are more comfortable and socially acceptable than prior options.
PCT Develops Tactile Pro Braille Tablet for the Blind
An Innovation Award Honoree at CES, this sleek tablet allows people with visual loss to utilize technology in a way never before possible.
How to Clean Your Mobile Device to Kill the Coronavirus
With people around the globe taking extra precautions to prevent infection from the new coronavirus, including increased hand washing, wearing masks (even if they’re not advised if you’re not already sick), and avoiding large crowds, there’s one item that nearly everyone uses, but many forget to clean: smartphones.
Envision Launches AI Google Glass for Blind and Visually Impaired Users
Award-winning iOS and Android smartphone app Envision, which enables blind and visually impaired people to independently access visual information around them, has announced plans to integrate its AI-powered software technology into Google Glass.
PlayStation Patent Makes Games More Accessible
A new patent from Sony Interactive Entertainment reveals a detachable controller pad that could make games easier to play for gamers who are blind or have low vision.
Twitter Will Now Ban Dehumanizing Remarks Based on Disability, Age and Disease
Twitter has updated its hate speech policies to cover tweets that make dehumanizing remarks, which are remarks that treat “others as less than human,” on the basis of disability, age or disease. The changes follow updates to the company’s policies made last July that said Twitter would remove tweets that dehumanize religious groups.