Anicet Mbida 06:52, March 16, 2023

Anicet Mbida gives us every morning what is best in innovation. This Thursday, he learns about a camera for the visually impaired. Thanks to a projector that will broadcast a sharp image directly on the retina, it will completely erase its vision defects.

Today's innovation is a completely new camera. Since it is the first camera designed for the visually impaired.

This may come as a surprise, a camera for the visually impaired. But it's really a great idea.

It is a classic camera, but it can be used without glasses even if you are myopic as a mole, you have severe hyperopia, you are astigmatism or you suffer from I do not know what defect of vision. In any case, we will see a perfectly clear image in the viewfinder by taking his photo.

How is that possible? In fact, in the viewfinder, there is a projector that will broadcast a sharp image directly on the retina, which will completely erase its vision defects. Obviously, you have to have a retina and an optic nerve in good condition. If you have glaucoma, for example, it won't work. But for most problems concerning the front part of the eye, the one that ensures focus, the one that is responsible when you have trouble seeing closely, far or have a cataract ... All these problems are circumvented by projecting the image of the device directly onto the retina.

Is it new as a technology? It didn't exist before?

Yes, the projection in the eye existed. But until now, it was used more on connected glasses. This made it possible to have a mini screen always sharp inside without the need for focus. This is the first time it has been applied to a camera. And it's very clever, because, not only will it make photography accessible to more people. But in addition, it turns the camera into a vision aid. If you have trouble seeing something, it will be enough to photograph it to have it perfectly clear. It will even work from afar, since the camera has a zoom that magnifies 30 times.

Do I have to remove my glasses or lenses to use it?

No, exactly! It works the same way with or without glasses. This is the advantage of bypassing everything on the eye and sending the image directly to the retina. A very nice idea. And a partnership between Sony for the camera and Retissa for the projector. Marketing starts in Japan. In Europe, it will be a little later in the year.