Tag - eSight

St. Peter’s student will receive gift of sight through Visual Bucket List Foundation

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:30-05:00What is the cost of giving a little girl the gift of sight? As it turns out, around $10,000. That’s how much a pair of eSight glasses would cost for 7-year-old Remington Hedrick, an upcoming second-grader at St. Peter’s School in Mansfield, glasses that would allow her to recognize her parents’ faces, or sit on the couch with her family during movie nights. Read more >>

Episode #190: Emails, Disney new streaming service, eSight 3

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:30-05:00Steven, Shaun and Tim talk tech and in particular focus on the eSight glasses that promise to restore sight, Disney's new plan to stream their content on their own streaming service and there's more of your emails discussing Android and the Bible! #RNIBConnect #TechTalk Read more >>

Brisbane boy needs $25k for US trip that could give him whole new outlook

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:30-05:00Now the Geoghegan family is hopeful that new technology will allow Max to finally see the big cats at Dreamworld, and everything else he has missed out on, but it is rare and expensive. eSight glasses are available in the United States, Canada and Europe, but not in Australia. They contain a high-quality camera which projects the wearer's view onto two small screens in front of the person's eyes, through a live video feed. Read more >>

eSight Helps Blind Man Watch Soccer Decades After Soccer Accident

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:31-05:00A legally blind man who had not been able to see a soccer match in almost 30 years recently watched his favorite club live with the help of eSight’s visual aid technology. Read more >>

Tech Glasses Help Legally Blind Teacher See Clearer

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:31-05:00For the first time in 25 years of teaching at Cardinal O’Hara, Ed Allen can see what the hall ways really look like. “It’s awesome just being able to see this building,” Allen said. His awesome new world is thanks to the funny looking glasses called eSight. Read more >>

Blind man, 51, watches his football team for the first time in 27 years thanks to pioneering glasses technology only to see them get thrashed 5-1

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:40-05:00 Brian Casey, 51, wears a groundbreaking visual aid technology called eSight He went to watch Fleetwood Town for the first time only to see them thrashed 5-1 Mr Casey is the first legally blind person in Europe to wear the high tech glasses They work by showing a live video feed directly in front of the user's eyes Read more >>

Hope in sight for one local family

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:40-05:00While there is no medical cure for Stargardt’s disease, there are technologies available that are designed to make living with the disease easier. eSight is a Canadian based company that manufactures visors with an HD camera in the front and two smaller panels inside which allow the wearer to see straight ahead using his or her peripheral vision. Read more >>

Bike Run and Benefit to aid Shawn Nicola in regaining sight

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00The Mill Bar and Grill will be hosting a Poker Run and Benefit for Shawn Nicola on July 29, at 295 Melton Rd., Burns Harbor. The event is to raise funds to help Nicola receive eSight, an experimental treatment for his diminished eyesight. Read more >>

Blind Rock Hill mother sees family again with pair of high-tech glasses

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00Three years ago, Rock Hill mother Brandi Jones Ervin was robbed of her eyesight. After she had gastric bypass surgery, she noticed a blur that could not be rubbed away. She couldn’t cook, she couldn’t drive, and she couldn’t watch her daughter perform in the high school marching band. We, at FOX46 Charlotte, worked to get results for Ervin by way of high-tech Esight glasses. Read more >>

The Wearables Giving Computer Vision to the Blind

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00Other wearables use light and magnification to assist people with limited vision. A device called eSight, which users wear like a VR headset, uses a high-resolution camera to magnify images and project them onto the OLED screen in front of the user’s eyes. Read more >>