Bengaluru Teen Develops AI Smart Glasses to Help the Visually Impaired

The AI system incorporates Google Gemini 2.0 Flash technology to analyze camera inputs for real-time recognition of people, objects, text, distances, and layouts.

A Bengaluru teen named Tushar Shaw has developed a pair of AI-powered glasses called Perceivia for visually impaired people.

The glasses are designed to support people with complete blindness in navigating and perceiving their surroundings.

The AI system incorporates Google Gemini 2.0 Flash technology to analyze camera inputs for real-time recognition of people, objects, text, distances, and layouts.

Further, the device can also detect objects, sensing their depth, recognizing familiar faces, reading and summarizing text, and raising safety alerts via voice and vibration.

To keep the solution affordable, most of the processing is handled on a connected smartphone, while the glasses themselves remain lightweight and comfortable for everyday use.

Reportedly, the AI innovation has earned him recognition at a national-level competition.

Additionally, the project earned incubation support reportedly up to INR one crore via the programme’s affiliation with IIT Delhi, to help scale the project.

With new funds, he plans to build a fully functional version of Perceivia suitable for real-world deployment.

The next phase will involve comprehensive pilot trials in blind schools across India to enhance user comfort, improve interface design, and optimise AI accuracy.

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