Innovega Launches AR Smart Glasses to Help People With Visual Impairments
Seattle-based augmented reality company Innovega has unveiled its first consumer product — a pair of smart glasses designed to help people with low vision see more clearly in everyday life.
The glasses, called Gen One, use a built-in camera to capture what the wearer is looking at in real time. Software then applies personalised adjustments to magnification, brightness, contrast, and sharpness based on that individual’s specific vision condition, projecting the enhanced image onto transparent micro-OLED displays over each eye. When not in use, the displays switch off and the wearer simply looks through clear lenses.
The device weighs under 70 grams and connects to a smartphone for processing. Innovega expects around three hours of active display use per charge, though the glasses remain wearable throughout the day since the displays only activate on demand.
Innovega has already pre-sold more than 100 pairs through a Founder Series programme, priced at $2,950 each, and is now taking orders for a further 1,000 units. Commercial delivery is targeted for early 2027, with all pre-orders fully refundable until shipment.
The company has signed a manufacturing agreement with Quanta Computer — the Taiwanese contract manufacturer behind products for Apple, Meta, and Google — a notable partnership for a company of Innovega’s size.
Innovega was founded in the Seattle region and has spent over a decade developing AR contact lens technology, winning contracts from DARPA and the US Army along the way. The pivot to vision assistance glasses came after the company assessed the consumer AR landscape and identified low vision as an underserved market with clear, immediate need.
After the Gen One launch, Innovega says it plans to develop applications for hearing impairment and cognitive support, with its original contact lens technology potentially returning as part of a second-generation product offering a wider field of view and lighter form factor.