Meta to offer free glasses for the vision-impaired

Meta to offer 15,000 free glasses to Vision Ireland to help users read text and identify objects

Chris White, group chief executive at Vision Ireland (left) and Anne O’Leary, head of Meta Ireland (right) at the launch in the Wayfinding Centre in Glasnevin of Meta's donation of 15,000 free Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to Vision Ireland. Pic: Naoise Culhane

Meta said it will donate 15,000 of its Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to Vision Ireland to help people who are blind or have low vision.

The tech giant said their glasses, which include a camera and built-in AI technology, can help users with sight issues by helping them to read text, identify objects and access information around them, in addition to allowing them to listen to music, carry out live translation and make hands-free calls.