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06-18-2014, 11:30 PM
Oxford Smart Glasses Turbocharge Eyes of People with Limited Vision (VIDEO)
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The world can be a difficult place for people with limited vision. While many legally blind folks*can differentiate certain objects that are in front of them, the real world **rmally*doesn’t provide e**ugh contrast for them to see what’s just ahead. To help take advantage of their limited vision, researchers*at Oxford University have developed an electronic glasses system that helps to outline the nearby objects in front of the wearer.
The system consists of a pair of glasses that are equipped with a camera and a display unit that can overlay images onto the glasses for the user to see. A small computer hooked up to the glasses runs the algorithms that identify objects in front of the camera*and creates a high-contrast outline that the person sees in the display. Here’s a video from Oxford showing off the glasses with some thoughts from the trial participants that were the first to take advantage of the smart glasses:
More from Oxford University: Smart glasses for people with poor vision being tested in Oxford… (http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2014-06-17-smart-glasses-people-poor-vision-being-tested-oxford)
(hat tip: Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/17/oxford-university-smart-glasses/))
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http://cdn.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/oxford-smart-glasses.jpg
The world can be a difficult place for people with limited vision. While many legally blind folks*can differentiate certain objects that are in front of them, the real world **rmally*doesn’t provide e**ugh contrast for them to see what’s just ahead. To help take advantage of their limited vision, researchers*at Oxford University have developed an electronic glasses system that helps to outline the nearby objects in front of the wearer.
The system consists of a pair of glasses that are equipped with a camera and a display unit that can overlay images onto the glasses for the user to see. A small computer hooked up to the glasses runs the algorithms that identify objects in front of the camera*and creates a high-contrast outline that the person sees in the display. Here’s a video from Oxford showing off the glasses with some thoughts from the trial participants that were the first to take advantage of the smart glasses:
More from Oxford University: Smart glasses for people with poor vision being tested in Oxford… (http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2014-06-17-smart-glasses-people-poor-vision-being-tested-oxford)
(hat tip: Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/17/oxford-university-smart-glasses/))
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