AI smart eyeglasses showed some potential as an aid for individuals with low vision in a small pilot case series.The device excelled as an aid for recognizing common objects and handwriting, but results were less accurate for colors and small objects.The study did not evaluate the eyeglasses in patients with low vision, as all participants had normal vision.
Artificial intelligence (AI) smart eyeglasses as a potential aid for people with low vision produced mixed results in a small pilot case series.
Using verbal prompts to guide the eyeglasses, study participants, all healthy volunteers, easily recognized common objects on a white background and could tell whether an object was horizontal, but color discrimination proved to be more challenging. Accuracy for reading standard text fell below 60% but increased to about 90% for handwriting and children's books. The participants were mostly spot on for recognizing paper money, but coin recognition was poor.
Overall, the results suggest that smart glasses might have a place in helping people with low vision, reported Carol Shields, MD, of Wills Eye Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and colleagues in JAMA Ophthalmology.
