







Letters: Readers respond to Elle Hunt’s review of Meta smartglasses, pointing out that the technology has a lot to offer to people with visual impairments or hearing loss
Smart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | Letter
Letters: Guardian readers reflect on the ableism rife in the debate about Ray-Ban Meta eyewear, despite the life-changing difference they can make

Smart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | Letter
Letters: Guardian readers reflect on the ableism rife in the debate about Ray-Ban Meta eyewear, despite the life-changing difference they can make

Smart Glasses for Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: A Scoping Review
This study aimed to identify and synthesize peer-reviewed literature on smart glasses for older adults with cognitive impairment. The review focused on (1) the technology and equipment used, (2) the specific tasks smart glasses are designed to support, (3) feasibility outcomes, when measured, and (4) the quality of the reviewed articles.

Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta’s Ray-Bans
Over the last decade or so, the tech industry has tried, and mostly failed, to make “smart glasses”—tech-infused glasses with cameras, AI, maps, displays, and more—a thing. But in the past year,

Envision Glasses
AI-powered smartglasses that articulate everyday visual information into speech, providing independence and possibilities for people who are blind or have low vision.

I wore Meta’s smartglasses for a month – and it left me feeling like a creep
Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them ‘pervert glasses’. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench?

A Review of the Ray-ban Meta AI Glasses for People With Low Vision
In the small group of professional certified vision rehabilitation therapists (CVRT), to which I belong, it is not uncommon for us to use the term “magic glasses.” These are the glasses some of our clients hope to find that will improve or restore their vision. It makes sense—in that for many of them, a new prescription once brought things back into focus. Vision loss from macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetes, and other conditions is usually something that can be managed with proper care, but vision is not typically restored to what it once was. Still, the myth or hope for the magic glasses persists.
Smart Glasses in Education - Artificial intelligence
Why look at smart glasses now? Smart glasses have been commercially available in some form for over a decade. More recently, they have returned to popular conversation, driven largely by Meta and its growing range of glasses. The lack of widespread adoption has been attributed to the high cost and limited capabilities of earlier models, […]

Be My Eyes Smartglasses
Learn how Be My Eyes smartglasses enhance accessibility through Meta AI Glasses in numerous countries and how to get yours.

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby
The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech.”

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims | TechCrunch
The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people and get information about them via Meta's AI assistant.

SpecAssist: Smart Glasses with Real-time speech recognition and transcription for the hearing impaired
Download Reference Data on IJERT | On 01-07-2023 by Noel Jacob, Rajat Mathew, Sathwik P Nair, Prof. Divya Sunny published SpecAssist: Smart Glasses with Real-time speech recognition and transcription for the hearing impaired
For Meta’s Smart Glasses, Access Is An Afterthought
Tech companies are using accessibility as a smoke screen to obfuscate the risks of AI wearables, writes Ariana Aboulafia.

Mark Zuckerberg says anyone not wearing AI glasses in the future will be at a disadvantage | Fortune
Zuckerberg said immersive smart glasses could bring the idea of the metaverse to fruition.

A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses | TechCrunch
A hobbyist developer's new app, which can detect nearby smart glasses, comes amid resistance to always-on recording and listening devices that invade people's privacy.

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Artificial intelligence-powered glasses could be a gamechanger for those with hearing loss | About | University of Stirling
Too risky for the road but safe for schools? Rethinking smart glasses in the science classroom
SpecAssist: Smart Glasses with Real-time speech recognition and transcription for the hearing impaired

The use of wearable technology to measure and support abilities, disabilities and functional skills in autistic youth: a scoping review

ADAMAAS: Towards Smart Glasses for Mobile and Personalized Action Assistance

(PDF) Smart glasses for remote assistance: analysing usability and optimal user characteristics among young adults with and without autism