Meta highlights AI glasses functions for users with disabilities
Summary
Meta is rolling out new accessibility features and developer access for its AI-powered glasses to give users with disabilities more ways to interact with the world. Updates include video call support for blind and low-vision users, voice controls for WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram calls, customizable action buttons on Ray-Ban and Oakley styles, and in-lens real-time captions. Meta is also connecting wearers to specially trained support representatives from brands like Tesco, Sony, Amtrak and Hilton, and expanding its Device Access Toolkit to more third-party developers. The company is partnering with Carnegie Mellon to explore electromyography-based Neural Band controls for people with spinal cord injuries, aiming to broaden the device’s utility beyond social networking use cases.