Computer vision and AR for visually impaired

Dr. Gang Luo of the Schepens Eye Research Institute at Harvard reports on several studies of computer vision enabled assisstive devices for visually impaired people. One device consists of see-through augmented reality glasses in which a minified version of the outlines of the scene are superimposed on the scene for patients with tunnel vision. Another device allows the option of two types of enhancements for patients with central vision loss: magnification and wideband enhancement. A third device assists patients with night blindness.