Loss of vision is one of the most terrifying life changes a person can experience. Becoming vision-impaired can mean losing independence, the ability to safely perform daily tasks, and—perhaps most devastating—the ability to see the faces of the people we care about. But thanks to the groundbreaking work of IrisVision, people suffering from a wide range of vision impairments are now able to regain functional sight—and their independence.
In collaboration with the world’s top ophthalmology centers, including Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University, IrisVision has developed a wearable headset and artificial-intelligence-driven software to help low-vision patients leverage the functioning parts of their eyes to improve their overall vision.
What makes IrisVision’s solution so powerful is that the built-in AI adjusts to a person’s specific impairment—glaucoma, optic atrophy, macular degeneration, etc.—and delivers whatever vision aid that condition calls for, whether it’s an enhanced field of view, decreasing brightness, or magnification.
IrisVision’s technology has proven so effective that although its solutions hit the market only in 2017, the company is already changing the lives of low-vision patients throughout the US. IrisVision has also earned numerous accolades, including spots on the Fast Company World Changing Ideas and Forbes Next 100 lists and the Inc. 5000 list of California’s Fastest Growing Private Companies.