Sony Japan announced that it will launch a camera for people with low vision on March 24, called the DSC-HX99 RNV kit.
The kit uses technology from QD Laser, a Japanese semiconductor-related company, to project images captured by the camera directly onto the retina, allowing people with poor vision to recognize clear images and turn the “invisible” into the “visible,” according to Sony. “The technology can project the image captured by the camera directly onto the retina.
Low vision means that even if you wear glasses or contact lenses, your vision is still less than 0.3, and you will feel inconvenienced in your daily life by “not being able to see”, “blurry eyes”, and “difficulty walking due to weak vision”. In daily life, they feel inconvenienced by “difficulty seeing”, “blurred vision” and “difficulty walking due to weak vision”.
The kit consists of two parts: Sony CyberShot DSC-HX99 digital camera + QD Laser retina projection viewfinder, which uses a weak laser to project the optical triple primary colors RGB (red, green and blue) onto the human retina.
The Sony CyberShot DSC-HX99 digital camera features a 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor with 18.2 effective megapixels, a 24-720 mm zoom lens, and an LCD touch screen with 4K shooting support.
Sony DSC-HX99 RNV kit is currently only available offline in Japan at Sony’s directly-managed stores, with a limited number of units, in principle, each person can only buy 1 unit, the price is 109,800 yen (currently about RMB 5567), and will subsequently land in the U.S. market.
