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24 alternatives to Peek Retina

Smartphone adapter enabling eye exams worldwide(indiegogo)

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Peek Retina launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Peek Vision▲98

   Professional eye exams from your phone

   2014 · peekvision.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Be My Eyes▲857

   Lend your eyes to the blind

   2015 · bemyeyes.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Periscope on Android▲172

   Explore the world through someone else's eyes

   2015 · periscope.tv · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Office Lens▲134

   Turns your smartphone into a pocket scanner

   2015 · microsoft.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   TapTapSee▲73

   Helping visually impaired people identify objects

   2015 · taptapseeapp.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Retinad ▲110

   Gaze tracking heatmaps and analytics for VR apps

   2016 · retinad.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Toolwiz Eyes▲75

   A tool for blind and visually impaired

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   LLaVaVision: An AI "Be My Eyes"-like web app with a llama.cpp backend▲154

   A simple mobile web app inspired by Fuzzy-Search/realtime-bakllava that uses llama.cpp server backend with multimodal mode to describe and narrate what the phone camera sees. I built this thing in a few hours using a single ChatGPT thread to generate most things for me and iterate on this project. Here's the workflow: https://chat.openai.com/share/ea84ec69-5617-45e8-8772-ac2dcf...

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   PeekaBeat▲112

   Turn your selfie into Spotify playlist 🎶

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Vision▲126

    Check your sight online

    2015 · vision.vega9.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    PeekOut▲79

    A local photo and video-sharing app for Android

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Blink▲252

    Strengthen your eyesight with eye tracking

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Peekshare▲70

    A unique way to share photos and messages with friends

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Dot Watch▲148

    World’s first braille smartwatch

    2017 · dotincorp.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    XSight▲171

    Find friends and places in AR using your phone camera

    2021 · xsight.online · its alternatives →

16. 16
    OrCam▲99

    Artificial Vision Wearable for the Blind

    2014 · orcam.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Be My Eyes for Android▲171

    Lend your eyes to the blind

    2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Attensee▲69

    An eye tracking alternative that actually works

    2014 · attensee.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Computer Goggles▲111

    Capture the world like a machine sees it 🤖👁🌐

    2020 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Sight-Check▲94

    Check your eyesight online

    2019 · sightcheck.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Eyeware Beam▲162

    Turn your iPhone into a head and eye tracker for your Win PC

    2021 · beam.eyeware.tech · its alternatives →

22. 22
    GearEye▲73

    A smart device using RFID tech to monitor your gear

    2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Smart Contact Lens▲81

    Google's project to help fight diabetes

    2014 · blog.google · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Peeky▲107

    Find images & videos before they disappear.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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