These smart glasses use AI to help low-vision users

Pre-orders commencement astatine $399.

Accessibility-focused tech supplier Envision has partnered with eyewear institution Solos to motorboat caller astute glasses specifically designed for unsighted and low-vision users. Envision says the camera-equipped Ally Solos Glasses tin work and construe text, picture surroundings, hunt the web, and admit people, objects, and signs, feeding accusation to the idiosyncratic via open-ear speakers built into the receptor stems.

The Ally Solos Glasses are disposable to pre-order contiguous for $399, which Envision says is simply a “special motorboat pricing” that’s discounted from $699. The frames travel successful 2 sizes — regular oregon ample — and a prime of black, gray, and brownish colour options. Shipping for pre-orders is expected sometime successful October 2025.

They’re built connected the existing AirGo Vision glasses that Solos launched successful December, which supply their ain imaginativeness designation features via OpenAI’s GPT-4o AI model. Envision’s mentation replaces GPT-4o with Envision’s “Ally” AI assistant, which is powered by a operation of instauration AI models, including Meta’s Llama, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Perplexity, according to the Ally website.

The AI features enactment by connecting to the Ally iOS oregon Android app via Bluetooth. The glasses themselves person a beardown IP67 standing for extortion from particulate and water, and USB-C chargeable receptor stems that supply “up to 16 hours of progressive use” connected a azygous charge, according to the pre-order listing. It takes astir 90 minutes to afloat complaint the receptor stems, with 15 minutes of fast-charging providing astir 3 hours of artillery life.

Accessibility features are already an established payment connected different astute glasses. Envision has previously released assistive eyewear built connected the now-defunct Google Glass hardware, for example, and AI imaginativeness mentation features provided by the Ray-Ban Meta astute glasses person already been embraced by the low-vision community. It’s unclear however the Ally Solos Glasses’ capabilities volition comparison to much affordable rivals, fixed $699 is considerably pricier than the $299 AirGo Vision and Ray-Ban Meta.