Digiglasses
Development of 3D Digital Glasses for Enhancing Mobility of Visually Impaired People
The DIGIGLASSES project aims to develop a marketable digital tool for visually impaired individuals, providing 3D vision corrected and customized for the specific symptoms of the user’s eye disease. This innovation will help decrease the symptoms of unique diseases and allow users to judge distances within their environment. The project, validated by the optical and vision aid devices market, shows promise both as an effective low vision aid and from a business perspective.
Project Information
- Grant Agreement ID: 315127
- Project Status: Closed
- Start Date: 1 August 2012
- End Date: 31 July 2014
- Total Cost: €1,202,754.19
- EU Contribution: €915,000.00
- Coordinated by: ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS HUNGARY KFT, Hungary
Objective
"In DIGIGLASSES project, a group of SMEs aims to develop a marketable digital tool for the visually impaired, which will be able to provide 3D vision for the users, corrected and customized for the special symptoms of the user’s eye disease. By this combined solution, not only the symptoms of the unique disease will be decreased, but the stereoscopic vision allows judging distances within the environment. The members of the DIGIGLASSES consortium believe that the concept is worthy and promising not only as an effective low vision aid, but also from the business point of view. The feedback from the optical and vision aid devices market validates more efforts to invest in developing this innovative technology."
Fields of Science
- Engineering and Technology
- Materials Engineering
- Optical engineering
Funding Scheme
- FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the Benefit of SMEs, Grant Agreement: N° 315127, Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the Benefit of SMEs
Participants
- ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS HUNGARY KFT (Coordinator) - Hungary, EU Contribution: €28,410.00
- ELEKTRONIKA DIAPLOUS ETAIRIA PERIOR ISMENIS EVTHINIS - Greece, EU Contribution: €219,840.00
- FLEXIBLE OPTICAL BV - Netherlands, EU Contribution: €231,010.00
- ADAPTOR HJELPEMIDLER AS - Norway, EU Contribution: €218,000.00
- Informatika a Latasserultekert Alapitvany - Hungary, EU Contribution: €180,330.00
- OPTIMAL OPTIK OPTIKAI KFT - Hungary, EU Contribution: €13,340.00
- BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON - United Kingdom, EU Contribution: €24,070.00
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Additional Information
- Featured In: RESEARCH*EU MAGAZINE - Preserving our cultural heritage
- Last Update: 11 March 2015
