OrCam Technologies, an Israeli startup founded in 2010 by Amnon Shashua, co-founder of Mobileye (now acquired by Intel), and Ziv Aviram, showcased its smart glasses accessories using computer vision technology at the ATLife Taiwan Assistive Devices and Long-Term Care Expo. These glasses enable wearers to easily identify text and objects, thereby helping the visually impaired to more easily "see" objects in front of them.
Built with Mobileye-related technology, OrCam Technologies has launched a smart glasses accessory that can actually be attached to any pair of glasses. The company launched its first product, MyEye, in 2015, and the second-generation design in 2017. This time, they announced support for Traditional Chinese content recognition, and can also interpret the images captured by MyEye with audio content. Operation is simply a matter of pointing your finger at the target to be recognized.
MyEye can currently recognize languages including English and Chinese, and can recognize faces, and can remember up to 150 sets of facial information. It can also recognize objects, and can record up to 100 sets of object appearances. It can even correctly recognize the denomination of banknotes.
In addition, the MyEye body is about the size of a small handheld flashlight, weighs only 22 grams, and can be fixed to any glasses frame via magnetic attraction. The built-in battery can last for about 2-4 hours, and the battery can be recharged twice through accessories.
However, in terms of price, MyEye plans to sell at NT$15, while MyReader, which only has text recognition function, will cost NT$12. It is obvious that it will not be sold in the general consumer market, but will be designed for user groups with specific needs.
