US EditionMeta Ray-Bans Get Two New Accessibility Features for Low-Vision Users
- Meta upgraded its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with new accessibility features for low-vision users, announced on Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025.
- The update follows Meta's goal to assist blind and low vision users by providing AI-powered environment descriptions and connecting them with sighted volunteers.
- The AI assistant offers detailed, opt-in responses about surroundings, demonstrated by users receiving descriptions of paths, trees, and kitchen objects through their glasses.
- Meta will roll out a 'Call a Volunteer' feature later in May 2025 across 18 countries, linking users to sighted helpers via the Be My Eyes network for real-time assistance.
- These innovations mark Meta’s ongoing commitment to enhancing accessibility by integrating AI and human-computer interaction technologies to empower users with disabilities worldwide.
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