We use our senses to navigate the world. Envision Glasses are AI-powered smartglasses for the visually impaired. Lightweight, with a camera and direct speaker, Envision Glasses speak out text and environmental information, recognizes faces, light, and colors, and lets you share that information. Crucially, when the AI recognition fails, the glasses are able to seamlessly bring a sighted person into the loop.

The glasses were conceptualised by Ferkan Metin at TU Delft’s faculty of Industrial Design Engineering as part of his graduation project with Delft startup Envision, supervised by Stella Boess and myself. The glasses were launched on the day of Ferkan’s graduation: available for preorder.