Envision Glasses

2023: Product Announcement

In November 2023, it became known about the entry into the market of Envision Glasses with a virtual visual assistant Ask Envision based on a large language model. OpenAI GPT-4 The gadget helps blind and visually impaired people read, recognize objects and faces, and interact with the world around them.

The device is based on Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 glasses. The equipment includes adapters Wi-Fi and, Bluetooth a camera with an 8-megapixel sensor and wide-angle optics, a directional monophonic speaker. Installed processor Qualcomm with four cores operating at 1.7 GHz. The amount of RAM is 3 GB, the capacity of the flash drive is 32 GB. The battery provides 5-6 hours of use; charging is carried out through the port. The weight USB Type-C is less than 50 g.

Envision Glasses

Glasses are able to recognize printed and handwritten text in more than 60 languages: these can be any documents, product descriptions, etc. For example, the gadget can provide information about the content of the product from the package image or provide detailed information about train tickets. The device is able to voice environmental data, in particular, determine the intensity of lighting, identify the color of objects and describe the situation as a whole. In addition, glasses can detect the denomination of banknotes in several currencies.

Users can contact the AI assistant with a request to make a call, determine the location of an object or find people. Interaction with glasses is carried out through voice commands in natural language. With Ask Envision, blind or visually impaired people can access any text content. As of the end of November 2023, Envision Glasses ranges from $1900 to $3500, depending on the modification and set of supported features.^[1]

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