Electronic Glasses for Low Vision: SeeBOOST

What are they?

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Here’s video explaining how it works. Sam of The Blind Life reviewed it.

Quotes below are from personal emails with Russell Lemburg at seeBOOST. “Price is $3,500, available now with a free 14-day trial.  We are now offering seeBOOST anywhere in the U.S. with the help of local optometrists (a low vision specialist is not required). SeeBOOST is made specifically for central vision loss, which is why it is monocular and allows you to retain peripheral vision. It may not work for everyone, but it is the best product for this problem today.”

“We’re a 6-year-old company and now have hundreds of people with AMD using our product. One of the things we’re trying to do is to make actually wearable products for people with central vision loss.”

“When I say actually wearable I mean that this entire industry (as new as it is) is often focused on trying to solve all forms of Low Vision, and as a result you get a fairly large and heavy thing on your head that gives you motion sickness and, especially in case of the more elderly folks, it causes them to develop neck problems.”

For Whom?
“The “sweet spot” is people with BCVA between around 20/100 to 20/400, although we have some customers at 20/600 or worse. In all cases, they have AMD or central vision loss in both eyes (wet or dry). Everyone has certain requirements for what they want to do. In almost all cases, customers who are reading, recognizing faces, card games, computer use, etc. benefit greatly. We do have cases where some want to watch HDTV from 20 feet away or read a sign from 500 feet away. This is not a proper use case for seeBOOST (or any wearable for that matter).  The closer you are to an object, the more spatial resolution there is from camera/lens so the better it works (again, this applies to all electronic wearables). They work best at up to 20 feet.”
“We have noticed that better than 20/100 usually do not work very well, primarily because there is not enough added benefit to really make it worthwhile. Not always, but generally speaking. Every person is different, and vision/psychology/expectation is a rather complex thing we’ve found. That’s why we have a 14-day free trial because the customer is the best judge of what is good for them. When we get a customer right in the sweet spot though it’s exciting for all of us.”
Where Can I Get One?
  • The information below is from Russell:
    • We have a list of Low Vision optometrists that sell our product here:   https://www.seeboost.com/buy.html
    • If someone has a Low Vision doctor that they go to that they want a demonstration with, we can set that up with them also very quickly.
    • We actually have some resellers in other countries (like France, South Africa, etc.) India is a little more tricky, but it’s certainly possible to set up some sort of free trial. Of course, shipping is a little more expensive in that case. For now, we mostly just sell in the U.S.
For more information

Go to their website at https://www.seeboost.com/  or call  972-643-8498.

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