'Smart glasses' help fix failing vision (BBC)

By Adam Brimelow
Health Correspondent, BBC News

Researchers from Oxford University say they've made a breakthrough in developing smart glasses for people with severe sight loss.

The glasses enhance images of nearby people and objects on to the lenses, providing a much clearer sense of surroundings.

They have allowed some people to see their guide dogs for the first time.

The Royal National Institute of Blind People says they could be "incredibly important".

Lyn Oliver has a progressive eye disease which means she has very limited vision. Now 70, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in her early twenties. She can spot movement but describes her sight as "smudged and splattered".
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-27768890




Now, why shouldn't this get as much attention as Google Glasses ? Not hip/trendy enough ? Or not commercial enough ?