What if you could drive your wheelchair with just your eyes?
Steve Gleason identified this need for the ALS community, and in 2014 Team Gleason began working to make it a reality. With the help of Tolt Technologies, by 2019, eye-gaze wheelchair control was commercially available.
Now, Apple has taken it to a whole new level with Apple Vision Pro.
“Over the past decade, we’ve seen eye-driven wheelchair systems evolve in incredible ways. Leveraging Apple Vision Pro’s eye-tracking capabilities in this way is a huge step forward.” – Blair Casey, Team Gleason CEO
These features will be available later this year.
“The option to control my power wheelchair on my own is gold to me,” said Pat Dolan, founder of GeoALS and a member of Team Gleason’s patient advisory board, who has lived with ALS for 10 years. “With this new feature, Apple is developing life-enhancing technology for the people who need it most.”
Watch Team Gleason Technology Advisory Committee member Pat Dolan, who has lived with ALS for ten years, test this game-changing feature in his own home.
