Meta AI Smart Glasses (photo courtesy of Meta)
A group of veterans from Louisiana traveled to Washington, D.C., for a series of Veterans Day events this week. They were flown on an Honor Flight sponsored by Meta, which also donated 130,000 pairs of smart glasses to visually impaired veterans across the country. Coast Guard Veteran Belard Ernest of New Orleans was the recipient of one of those pairs of glasses; he says they’re helping him enjoy the sights and sounds of the nation’s capital that he otherwise would not be able to enjoy.
“By me being totally blind, and I haven’t seen anything in 20 years, the glasses have enhanced me to where I can actually imagine what I’m looking at and kind of see it,” Ernest explained.
Ernest says the AI features of the smart glasses help him paint a mental picture of what he would be seeing if his eyesight was still intact.
“They’re right on your head and they’re telling you exactly what it is. And I mean, there’s a lot of good features in these glasses,” Ernest noted.
Ernest says starting on the first day he wore the glasses, they were able to help him navigate the busy sidewalks of Washington, DC, to the pizza restaurant where he and others enjoyed dinner.
“I tried them one night, and they brought me right to the door,” Ernest said.
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