Anastasio Angelopoulos ’19, supported by Mark Humayun at the USC Institute of Biomedical Therapeutics, has spent the last two years developing augmented reality (AR) glasses that help people with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) — a group of genetic disorders involving breakdown and loss of cells in the retina — to navigate their surroundings more safely.
Augmented reality (AR) is about enhancing the real-world environment with computer-generated perceptual information. AR can be applied to Google Maps, for instance, has AR street views to help users follow direction in real time.