Meta's AI-powered glasses are making a real difference for visually impaired veterans.
At a Veterans Day event in D.C. former Marine Armsted Chambers used them to read memorials and find his way around, something he couldn't do before.
As Chambers put it, it's a whole new world for me.
Meta gives 130K pairs to veterans
Meta is giving away 130,000 pairs of these upgraded glasses to vision-impaired veterans. The AI features help users understand their surroundings and even translate conversations.
Army veteran Don Overton helped make sure the tech really works for people who need it most.
Now, veterans like Chambers use the glasses for every day things: reading mail, reading medicine labels aloud, answering calls from his wife and others, and telling him the time and weather.
As Meta's President and Vice Chairman Dina Powell McCormick said, "It has been incredible to spend time with our veterans and hear how Ray-Ban Meta glasses have helped give them their independence back."