eSight

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 >>

Legally Blind Man Bikes Across Manitoba for Electronic Glasses

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00Over Canada Day a Morden man began a bike ride across Manitoba. Evan Froese began the trip starting West of Virden towards West Hawk Lake to raise funds for visual aids called ESight glasses. Read more >>

Special glasses would give legally blind woman sight

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00On a Tuesday, Natasha Sokol's friend told her about eSight glasses, eyewear that helps people who are legally blind see through a camera. The device lets the user adjust it, zoom in and out and even includes an HDMI cord to connect to a television or computer. Read more >>

Ayden’s new eSight

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00Ayden Brunet and his father Eric were showing off his new eSight glasses at the Codes Heroes summer camp. Read more >>

e-Sight eyewear makes seeing a reality for a legally blind woman

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00Frost first learned about e-Sight eyewear a few months ago from a friend. These high-tech glasses are made in Canada and have changed the lives of those wearing them. She met with representatives of e-Sight and started raising funds needed to acquire the $10,000 glasses. Thanks to family and friends, Frost raised the required money in less than three months and placed her order. Read more >>

Revolutionary AR Headset Helps the Legally Blind See

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00Augmented and virtual reality devices are the latest trend in consumer tech — but one company’s smart glasses stand out. Rather than let users explore a digital world, the eSight headset aims to help those with vision impairment to see the real one. The headset, created by the Ottawa-based eSight Eyewear, relies on high-speed, HD cameras that capture everything in front of them. Read more >>

Boone County parents try to raise money to give special glasses to child

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00Ellie Leden’s parents hope people will listen to their child’s plight and understand how much a new pair of glasses will mean to the free-spirited young girl. The spectacles are a special pair of eSight electronic glasses, and they cost $10,000. Lisa and Dale Leden are trying to raise the money through donations. Read more >>

Jazz player Joe Ingles gives the gift of sight to a young fan who is blind

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00“eSight is worn like glasses, and houses a high-speed, high-definition camera that captures everything the user is looking at, and enhances the video feed and displays it on two LED screens in front of the users' eyes,” KUTV explained. Read more >>

Specs help give Brian gift of sight

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:41-05:00Brian Casey who lives off Poulton Road, thought he would never see again after losing his sight nearly 27 years ago. But thanks to eSight, which he tested in London in February, he managed to look upon his wife Beverly’s face for the first time. Read more >>