More than one billion people around the world live with some form of disability, and we’ve seen how our wearable AI is making a real difference for many of them — from enabling people who are blind to describe their surroundings to giving veterans with memory loss more confidence in daily routines. Today, ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re sharing how we’re building on that impact.
Donald Overton, a US Army veteran who lost his sight from a blast in Iraq while serving with the 82nd Airborne Division, uses his Meta AI glasses, developed in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, to navigate airports, read menus, and move through his day without the backpack full of assistive devices he used to carry.
“I can now go out to dinner with my wife and have a normal date night. I’m able to use the technology to read the menu to me, ” he said.
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Noah Currier, a Marine Corps veteran with quadriplegia and founder of the Oscar Mike Foundation, uses Ray-Ban Meta glasses to capture photos and videos entirely by voice — something he says is “changing the game” for physically disabled people.
