Should you spend €5000 on CES hardware or use a visual assistance AI?

Originating from Romania, the startup .lumen achieved a feat by compressing autonomous car technology into a pair of glasses. This device doesn't just detect obstacles; it understands its environment thanks to five high-definition cameras working in concert with a high-performance embedded processor. The PAD (Pedestrian Autonomous Driving) system maps space in real-time, analyzing movement vectors of surrounding objects 100 times per second. The user perceives the world through a unique haptic interface located on the forehead.

The Artha belt, a flagship of the French Tech, relies on the neurological concept of sensory substitution. The idea is fascinating: using the skin as an input interface for data normally reserved for vision. The system consists of a pair of glasses equipped with a wide-angle camera that sends video data to a smart lumbar belt.

The white cane, a universal symbol of blindness for decades, is undergoing its most significant revolution with the V3 version of the Smart Cane LiDAR. By integrating a miniature rotating LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensor, this cane is no longer limited to physical contact with the ground. It emits thousands of laser pulses per second to scan the environment.

NeuralSense pushes the boundaries of medicine with its non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI). This high-tech headband doesn't try to fix the eye, but to replace it. It uses Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to send signals directly to the visual cortex located at the back of the skull.

The SafeStep vest was designed to solve the problem of cognitive overload. For a blind person, listening to street noises while listening to a GPS can be exhausting and dangerous. This vest offloads information to the sense of touch thanks to 16 high-frequency haptic motors.

For the millions of people suffering from low vision or macular degeneration, eSight Next glasses represent concrete hope. This device does not replace sight; it amplifies it massively. The glasses capture the video stream in UHD 8K and project it onto two cutting-edge OLED screens with near-instant processing speed.

Samsung is revolutionizing home autonomy with BuddyVision, a mobile robot equipped with artificial intelligence specialized in semantic vision. This robot doesn't just avoid furniture; it understands what it sees. Thanks to its SLAM technology, it creates a mental map of your home.

The Dot Watch Pro is much more than a watch; it is a miniaturized Braille communication terminal. It uses electromagnetic technology to raise and lower metal dots, creating Braille characters in real-time.

Checkout is often a source of stress for a blind person: finding the terminal, inserting the card, typing the code without being seen... Bio-Pay Scan solves this problem through iris biometrics. This next-generation terminal is equipped with a high-resolution infrared camera.

Google's Audio Mapping project is a revolutionary software solution that uses 3D spatial audio to create "sound vision". By using bone conduction headphones (which do not block the ears), the user enters an acoustic augmented reality.