Meta's smart glasses are coming to South Africa: https://techcentral.co.za/meta-smart-glasses-south-africa-launch/286809/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica
Meta's glasses are rather expensive, and not really marketed towards the visually impaired. But no matter how much people hate them, they have had the effect of shining a light on just how beneficial these glasses *can be* for people with visual impairments, and letting people know that there actually are lots of them on the market, and were long before Meta launched theirs.
I've yet to try on a pair myself; I'm not sure if my vision is quite bad enough yet, but I have heard that they've been a game changer for some blind people.
And you know what? If they help me navigate the world around me, then to hell with what everyone else says. I'm getting myself a pair.
#Meta #SouthAfrica #blindness
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