Envision has partnered with Solos to launch the Ally Solos Glasses, camera-equipped smart glasses specifically designed for blind and low-vision users. The $399 pre-order price represents a significant discount from the planned $699 retail price, positioning these accessibility-focused smart glasses as a more affordable alternative in the growing assistive technology market.
Key details: The Ally Solos Glasses combine hardware from Solos with Envision’s specialized AI assistant to provide comprehensive visual assistance.
- The glasses can read and translate text, describe surroundings, search the web, and recognize people, objects, and signs through built-in cameras.
- Information is delivered via open-ear speakers integrated into the ear stems, allowing users to maintain awareness of their environment.
- Available in two sizes (regular and large) and three colors (black, gray, brown), with shipping expected in October 2025.
How it works: The glasses connect to the Ally iOS or Android app via Bluetooth and are powered by multiple AI models.
- Envision’s “Ally” AI assistant combines foundation models from Meta’s Llama, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Perplexity.
- This represents an upgrade from the base AirGo Vision glasses, which use only OpenAI’s GPT-4o model.
- The glasses feature IP67 rating for dust and water protection, with USB-C charging providing up to 16 hours of active use.
Competitive landscape: The Ally Solos Glasses enter a market where accessibility features are increasingly common across smart eyewear platforms.
- Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses already offer AI vision interpretation features that have been embraced by the low-vision community.
- At $699 full price, the Ally glasses are significantly more expensive than the $299 AirGo Vision and Ray-Ban Meta alternatives.
- Envision previously developed assistive eyewear using the now-discontinued Google Glass hardware, bringing established expertise to this partnership.
Why this matters: The collaboration represents a focused approach to accessibility technology, combining specialized AI training with purpose-built hardware rather than retrofitting general consumer devices for assistive use.
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