Image credit: Oculosense — official product visual of the Drishti Vision Live smart glasses.
Most AI glasses take a photo, pause, and then tell you what they saw. On 3 November 2026, Himachal Pradesh-based Oculosense announced a pair that never looks away: Drishti Vision Live, AI smart glasses that see and describe the world continuously, in real time — a device the company positions as India’s first open-SDK live AI glasses.
Where leading global smart glasses offer around three minutes of live AI, the company says Drishti Vision Live delivers up to 30 minutes of uninterrupted live AI in a single session, answering what is in front of the wearer in under one second. It pairs a 13MP camera with a dedicated image processor and live Wi-Fi streaming, so the glasses perceive continuously instead of working in snapshots.
From snapshot to sight
The leap is in how the AI runs. At the core of Drishti Vision Live is a technique Oculosense developed in-house to run large vision-language AI models on low-cost edge devices. The approach splits work between the device and the cloud, so the glasses respond fast and stay affordable — which, the company says, is what makes 30 minutes of continuous live AI possible at a price built for India.
All four devices in Oculosense’s lineup share the same EdgeVLM edge-cloud runtime at their core. And the company is opening the platform up: the open software development kit means other device makers can run live AI on any camera-equipped wearable at low cost, not just on Oculosense’s own frames.
One device, two worlds
For people who are blind or have low vision, Drishti Vision Live reads text, describes surroundings, identifies objects and supports independent navigation. The company says more than 500 visually impaired users across India are already using Oculosense glasses in daily life, through NGO and CSR partnerships — and the wider Drishti family has been deployed to more than 1,000 users since 2019.
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The same glasses are going to work in industry. The company says several large enterprises are deploying them for hands-free inspection, guided workflows, real-time visual assistance and on-the-floor documentation — an AI assistant that sees what the worker sees, without them putting down their tools. Its Drishti Edge headset, a binocular optical-passthrough AR device for industrial and public-sector use, is being piloted with Denso, the Toyota Group auto-parts manufacturer, for real-time safety inspection on factory floors.
Built for India, priced for India
Drishti Vision Live is designed and assembled in India, in Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh — and that, the company says, is why it can reach users at a fraction of imported prices. It is available now in India at an introductory price of ₹30,000.
The glasses are built for the realities of daily use, not just the demo. The essentials run fully offline: reading printed text aloud, multi-zone obstacle and step detection, Indian currency-note recognition, an SOS alert with live location, and a “Hi Drishti” voice interface — all on the glasses’ own processor, with no signal needed. When connected, the glasses add scene description in natural language, real-time translation, face and object recognition, and a live video view a family member can watch through the wearer’s eyes. The whole device weighs just 49 grams, works in 100+ Indian and global languages, and carries a full library of CBSE and State Board audio books for visually impaired students.
The company behind the glasses
Oculosense Private Limited is a DPIIT-recognised deep-tech company founded by NIT Hamirpur alumni, incorporated in 2021 and headquartered in Himachal Pradesh with operations in Mumbai. Drishti Vision Live is the newest addition to a lineup the team has built in India from the ground up: Drishti Vision (₹27,000) for the visually impaired, Oculosense Frames (₹29,999) for general consumers with a 1080p camera and livestreaming, and Drishti Edge for industry — all running on the same EdgeVLM runtime.
It is a simple idea, executed with unusual discipline: glasses that keep watching so their wearer never has to ask twice — built in India, priced for India, and already in the hands of the people they were made for.
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