Meta donates AI-powered glasses to every blind veteran in America

(WIFR) - Meta believes the “Future is for Everyone.”

The tech industry giant announced legally blind veterans in America can get a free pair of its Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses.

While most people probably know the spectacles as being used to record hands-free first-person point-of-view content with its camera, its built-in multimodal AI assistant can understand auditory requests and process visual cues.

Meta says the initiative to get the wearable tech in the hands and on the heads of blind veterans is designed to help them live more independently.

The Meta AI, which is built on Meta’s large language model Llama, can help those visually impaired by reading documents, menus and signs, identify objects, match clothing, make calls, send texts, and more.

To support veterans in integrating the AI assistant as a part of their everyday lives, Meta is partnering with the Blinded Veterans Association and TechSoup to provide hands-on training, monthly live webinars, and a training guide.

Eligible veterans can request their pair of Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses through bva.org/glasses. Veteran organizations seeking to help their members or other eligible blinded veterans receive glasses can apply through TechSoup.