Crystal 2 - A Wearable Low Powered Machine Vision System (Smart Glasses) - for visually impaired people living with peripheral and general vision loss

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In 2016 OXSIGHT was established to develop this knowledge into innovative solutions for sight degeneration that have a perfect balance of style, functionality and intuitive technology. OXSIGHT worked closely with the low-vision community, undertaking research to understand how the brain manages visual information. We gained international recognition for our ground-breaking work. OXSIGHT was recognised as an minicorn (future unicorn) by Tracnx and 'top emerging start-up' in the wearable category. Onyx our second generation product has already generated significant interest and has been covered by a number of print and digital media articles https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-rare-sight-condition-see-19153958#r3z-addoorWe have built a team of scientists and clinicians that combine a deep understanding of neuroscience, ophthalmology, computer vision and machine learning. They are constantly looking at new ideas and researching ways to improve the lives of people with visual impairment. We have worked in partnership with leading global players from both the sight impaired community and the technology sector, including Google, RNIB, Guide Dogs Association, The University of Oxford, NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i), and The Royal Academy of Engineering.We are developing smart-glasses that allow people who are visually impaired but have some residual vision to make better use of what sight they do have. After years of R&D, iterations and prototypes we have currently three products:• Prism & Crystal-1, designed for peripheral vision loss (tunnel vision), which people with Glaucoma and Retinitis Pigmentosa typically suffer from. Crystal provides a magnetically attachable set of shades to block or reduce ambient light to make the transparent display easier to see.• Onyx, which targets people living with central vision loss (blind spot) conditions such as Age Related Macular Degeneration, will be released in 2021.Crystal-2Our third-generation product Crystal-2 is highly innovative and a game changer. Crystal-2 will not only have better displays and camera but will be driven by our next-generation machine vision platform offering remote visual data processing protocol allowing off-loading of power hungry operations to a server/cloud thereby enhancing the functionality, form factor, elegance and comfort of our smart glasses - vital for increased adoption across industry sectors.