Veterans tour Washington war memorials using AI glasses

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A group of veterans from across the country toured the nation’s war memorials in Washington on Tuesday, using special sets of AI glasses to help them find fallen service members.The group was flown into the capital as part of an honor flight trip that was sponsored by Meta.Many of the veterans that were on the three-day trip, were blind or visually impaired. And each of them were given a pair of the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to help them navigate the war memorials that were built in their honor.“We were able to work with the veterans, who are able to use their glasses to, even those who are blind or low vision... explain to them what they’re looking at, and tell them more information about the memorials,” said John Bockstanz, an Innovation Policy Manager at Meta, who is also an Iraq War veteran.The glasses use built-in cameras, microphones and AI to perceive wearers’ surroundings then can describe them.Victor Dunham, a Vietnam veteran from Texas, said he used the g