Ray-Ban launched a product that was not initially intended to serve as an assistive technology device for the low vision community, but it turned out to be a fortuitous development. The unexpected collaboration between two industry giants, Ray-Ban and Facebook (now Meta), resulted in a product that made an immediate impact upon its original launch in 2021. Now in its third iteration, the Meta glasses have set a new industry standard. Their popularity continues to rise and shows no signs of declining, at least until the next version of Meta glasses is announced.
HOW THE META AI SMART GLASSES WORK FOR THOSE WITH SEVERE VISION LOSS
With five speakers positioned throughout the temples and frames, along with two ultra-wide 12MP cameras that will capture your world at the front of each lens, these Smart Glasses will offer a multitude of “AI” specific options that will certainly improve the quality of life for those with severe vision loss.
THE “HEY META” VOICE COMMANDS HAS AN ARRAY OF OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING VISUAL INDEPENDENCE
No matter what degree of vision loss the user may have, when wearing the META glasses, they simply hold the object in their hand, or look in the direction of a given area and say …
“Hey Meta describe or read what’s in front of me”
…the possibilities are endless! It will convert text and handwriting to speech, provide color and currency recognition, it describes objects such as pets, plants and photos that you are looking at, and will even be your personal assistant by giving you an overview of your surroundings. Other impressive and helpful features include taking photos, recording videos for up to 90 seconds and being able to take phone calls right through your glasses. Oh, did we mention you can also put your Rx in these frames? Well, you can!
META-AI SMART GLASSES SPECIFICATIONS
Your META-AI Smart Glasses by Ray Ban provides up to 4 hours of continuous use with a 36-hour charging case, is water resistant and provides 1080p photo and video quality with a selection of 7 frame colors and lens tint to choose from.
A note from the author:
“Today at The Magnification Company, we’re announcing the next generation of the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses collection, and is now being offered into all VA hospitals. These newly redesigned glasses now provide new capabilities that have never been seen on a pair of smart glasses before, and will now provide an array of text-to-speech and OCR options for those that are severely visually impaired and legally blind.” Bob Schrepfer, president of The Magnification Company.
