Soliddd Unveils Revolutionary SolidddVision Smartglasses for Macular Degeneration at CES 2025

Soliddd introduces smart glasses to enable vision for people with macular degeneration

Caption: Soliddd's SolidddVision glasses allow people with macular degeneration to see the full normal visual field with good acuity by: (1) using two forward-facing video cameras to capture the world; (2) two inward-facing video cameras simultaneously map the inside of the eye for accurate automatic universal fit and gaze tracking; (3) software instantly processes incoming video with gaze tracking input and proper angle of view adjustment for stereo vision, correction for chromatic and spherical aberration, and other issues, and sends over 100 distinct views to two inward-facing displays behind SolidddVision lenses; (4) the viewer's brain then automatically brings together the separate images to construct a single, full-field 3D, sharply focused image for each eye. Image Credit: Soliddd SolidddVision smartglasses, the first true vision correction for people living with vision loss due to macular degeneration, is making its debut at CES 2025. Macular degeneration is an eye disease that makes it hard for people to see what's in front of them. While their peripheral vision is intact, the central vision is significantly impaired. Macular degeneration primarily impacts the macula, the central part of the retina responsible for sharp, detailed vision. This makes it hard to see fine details, read, recognize faces, or do things that require clear sight. The smartglasses technology was developed by Soliddd Corp., a New York City optical and vision technology company focused on restoring and improving sight for the millions of consumers worldwide with macular degeneration and other low vision disorders. Soliddd's scientifically formulated and user-tested virtual reality smartglasses are lightweight and feel like normal eyeglasses. SolidddVision provides the first true vision correction -- and, indeed, sight restoration for those living with vision loss due to macular degeneration. The smartglasses use Soliddd's unique and proprietary lens arrays, which resemble a fly's eye, to project multiple separate images to the areas of the retina that are not damaged. This allows the brain to naturally construct stereopsis (the making of a 3D image in the brain) and a single full-field image with good acuity that feels like normal, in-focus sight. At CES, Soliddd is featuring the beta headset version of its technology. It will also display a pre-production model of the smartglasses, in their near final form factor, as the company prepares for clinical trials and marketplace introduction in 2025. Cutting-edge technology and global patents Soliddd's invention is over a decade in the making, leveraging its extensive know-how in 3D technology, portfolio of 15 U.S. and additional foreign patents (plus more pending) and proprietary optics and software including computer vision AI technology. SolidddVision smartglasses use unique optics and software to beam many separate, in-focus views in a parallel-ray light field to all areas of the retina. The brain's visual cortex automatically constructs a single, stereo, full-field image with good acuity from the multiple inputs to each eye. Even if some areas of the wearer's visual field is blocked or unfocused, the redundant visual information received in other areas of the retina combines, resulting in the wearer seeing a full-field, well-focused and bright image. "Soliddd has invented the first true vision correction for macular degeneration. We can provide sight in areas of the visual field where patients otherwise see nothing," said Neal Weinstock, CEO of Soliddd, in a statement. "SolidddVision smartglasses are lightweight and easily integrated into daily life. Our team is mission-driven to help restore and improve sight to the millions of consumers worldwide with vision loss caused by macular degeneration." The SolidddVision smartglasses breakthrough has been supported by physicians and scientists including numerous board certified ophthalmologists, retinologists and optometrists. "I was able to observe numerous demonstrations of SolidddVision with patients affected by numerous ocular disease conditions including age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and stroke," said Georgia Crozier, director of the Moore Eye Institute Vision Rehabilitation Center in Pennsylvania, in a statement. "These patients responded positively to the improved visual acuity and all believed it would help them in their daily activities. The enhancement of their reading vision and the ease of use was remarkable. This technology will be groundbreaking." Scientists at New York's Lighthouse Guild reviewed the data from a 30-person clinical study conducted by Soliddd on people with macular diseases. They found the results extremely encouraging for SolidddVision technology, showing an improvement in reading ability of many participants by 50% or more. SolidddVision smartglasses address the low-vision-aid market consisting of over 20 million Americans, and about 200 million people worldwide -- and projected to grow -- who live with distorted and even severe vision loss due to macular degeneration. The company has earned numerous awards including the MassChallenge Alumni 1 Place 2024; HITLAB Breakthrough Challenge, December 2023; Unicorn Cup, World 1 Place 2023; and Digital Hub Health Foundation, HLTH 2024. Going into CES 2025, Soliddd earned a Consumer Technology Association Eureka Park Accessibility Award and a Techlicious Editor's Choice CES 2025 winner as one of the most innovative and impactful products and technologies that stand out from the crowd. It will be at the Venetian Expo, Eureka Park booth #62037, at CES 2025. Soliddd has raised $1.5 million in funding to date from investors including Beresford Ventures, Peaksjah OU, Global Capital Group, JMB Macro and angels Trout Moser, Derek Myers (Neoti) and others. The company has worked on this for 15 years and it has 12 employees.

Soliddd Introduces its SolidddVision Smartglasses Technology at CES 2025

Soliddd's invention is over a decade in the making, leveraging its extensive know-how in 3D technology, portfolio of 15 U.S. and additional foreign patents (plus more pending) and proprietary optics and software including computer vision AI technology. SolidddVision smartglasses use unique optics and software to beam many separate, in-focus views in a parallel-ray light field to all areas of the retina. The brain's visual cortex automatically constructs a single, stereo, full-field image with good acuity from the multiple inputs to each eye. Even if some areas of the wearer's visual field is blocked or unfocused, the redundant visual information received in other areas of the retina combines, resulting in the wearer seeing a full-field, well-focused and bright image. "Soliddd has invented the first true vision correction for macular degeneration. We can provide sight in areas of the visual field where patients otherwise see nothing," said Neal Weinstock, CEO and founder, Soliddd. "SolidddVision smartglasses are lightweight and easily integrated into daily life. Our team is mission-driven to help restore and improve sight to the millions of consumers worldwide with vision loss caused by macular degeneration." The SolidddVision smartglasses breakthrough has been supported by physicians and scientists including numerous board certified ophthalmologists, retinologists and optometrists. "I was able to observe numerous demonstrations of SolidddVision with patients affected by numerous ocular disease conditions including age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and stroke," said Georgia K. Crozier OD, MS and Director of the Moore Eye Institute Vision Rehabilitation Center in Pennsylvania. "These patients responded positively to the improved visual acuity and all believed it would help them in their daily activities. The enhancement of their reading vision and the ease of use was remarkable. This technology will be groundbreaking." Scientists at New York's Lighthouse Guild reviewed the data from a 30-person clinical study conducted by Soliddd on people with macular diseases. They found the results extremely encouraging for SolidddVision technology, showing an improvement in reading ability of many participants by 50 percent or more. "My eyesight is so bad that I'm unable to do something as simple as read," said Judy Scheck, one of the SolidddVision alpha testers from the Chicago area. "I'm nearly blind, but when I looked through the Soliddd device, I could clearly see a picture of Taylor Swift and, best of all, read some text. This is truly a life changing invention for me and others like me." Another alpha tester, Megan Lisenby, who lives in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, shared these comments. "Since the age of 19, I've lived with a black, empty smudge in the center of my vision with central cone dystrophy. When I tried the SolidddVision technology, for the first time in almost 30 years, that smudge disappeared and was replaced by any actual image. This opened my mind to all the possibilities of this technology to change a life. Simple human experiences most people take for granted could become extraordinary for me. Instead of only being present at my daughter's drama performance, I could actually see her. To enjoy a cup of coffee with a friend and see her face as we talk. To watch my son's excitement as he tells me about his day. To actually see facial expressions and emotions and not have to guess. This would be priceless to me." SolidddVision smartglasses address the low-vision-aid market consisting of over 20 million Americans, and about 200 million people worldwide -- and projected to grow -- who live with distorted and even severe vision loss due to macular degeneration. The company has earned numerous awards including the MassChallenge Alumni 1 Place 2024; HITLAB Breakthrough Challenge, December 2023; Unicorn Cup, World 1 Place 2023; and Digital Hub Health Foundation, HLTH 2024. Going into CES 2025, Soliddd earned a Consumer Technology Association Eureka Park Accessibility Award and a Techlicious Editor's Choice CES 2025 winner as one of the most innovative and impactful products and technologies that stand out from the crowd.