“When you’re blind, as I am, if an object isn’t making sound, or you’re not touching it, you can’t really sense it. With ARIA, suddenly everything ‘sings’ - parked cars, furniture, doors, cups or bottles on a table, my keys or my wallet. I can now walk down the street, explore new places, and engage with my surroundings in ways you’d never have thought possible. ARIA Glasses can absolutely transform the world.”

“I have been blind since infancy; and for the past 30 years, have been training other blind people how to navigate their worlds with autonomy and agency. The team at Aria Research is deeply dedicated to understanding what blind users want. They have followed our lead since the beginning, and co-designed the ARIA system in tight integration with the blind community. ARIA is getting this ground-breaking tech right because it is being developed By us, For us.”

“It might not seem like much to a sighted person, but when I’m searching for something, if my hand misses it by an inch, I may as well have missed it by a mile; and that is exhausting and frustrating. With ARIA, I can glance around a room, hear if what I’m searching for is there, and go straight to it and grab it. This is empowering in a way that is hard to exaggerate.”