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DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses' (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've heard they can be also quite useful for blind/vision-impaired users to describe surroundings and read signs, etc.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Yep. That’s the sort of thing that interested me as a visually impaired guy (I see about 20 percent with my contacts). It’s a shame I can’t really buy and use them for that since I’d likely get physically assaulted for using them for benign purposes.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Check your local laws, but you can probably buy and carry a white cane so long as you aren't trying to scam the legal benefits of it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Everyone can, there’s no legal issues with it. Same as wheelchairs. You can buy and use one if you like. Of course, people will be weirded out if you do it, but there’s absolutely nothing illegal about it.

    That said, I’ve never needed a cane even though I’ve been trained to use a ‘recognition cane’ to cross the street (I went to a school for the visually impaired, where they teach everyone how to do that).

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    It's huge for this. Aiming and trying to frame the camera for a phone app sucks. Pointing your head is a lot more natural.

    The "medical device " solutions are bulky, exceedingly expensive, and lack creature comforts like Bluetooth audio from your phone.

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