Welcome
Your startup screen. A stable, high-contrast image helps you dial in the headset’s focus and IPD (eye spacing) for the sharpest possible view before you begin.
IrisVision Vista
Vista by IrisVision
The world’s first voice-first low-vision headset. Just speak, and Vista responds — reading, zooming, and adjusting for you, hands-free and in your language. Vista by IrisVision was previously Live 2.0.
Built, funded and clinically reviewed with the NIH and Johns Hopkins
Not just a magnifier
A whole low-vision companion, in one headset
Most low-vision aids only make things bigger. Vista does far more. It combines a voice-first AI assistant, a full set of vision modes, and everyday entertainment in one lightweight headset — built around how people with low vision actually live. Put it on, speak naturally, and get on with your day.
Your built-in assistant
Meet Iris
Iris is the AI voice assistant built into every Vista. There are no menus to memorize and no tiny buttons to find — you simply ask. Iris can read text aloud, zoom in, brighten or add contrast, switch between vision modes, take a picture, tell the time, and open videos, all by voice.
Say the wake word and Iris is listening. Because the core commands run on the device, Iris keeps working even when you’re offline — so help is always a sentence away.
Iris voice demo
Naturally multilingual
Iris speaks your language
Iris understands and replies in 12 languages, naturally — no rigid phrases or robotic commands. Talk to Vista the way you talk to a person, in the words that feel like home, and switch languages any time just by asking.
- English
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Italiano
- Português
- Русский
- العربية
- हिन्दी
- اردو
- 中文
- 日本語
See the world your way
A mode for every moment
Vista adapts to what you’re doing. Ask Iris to switch modes and the view changes instantly — camera modes for seeing the room, plus Movies, Books, Games, and Photo Gallery for time in the headset.
Scene
The everyday live view. See your real surroundings in natural, vivid color with automatic focus, and zoom in up to 14x on whatever you’re looking at.
Bubble
A magnifying bubble in the center of the Scene view — sharpen a price tag, a face, or a sign while keeping the rest of the scene around it.
Bioptic
A rectangular telescope window. Magnify a distant sign or a face while the rest of the room stays in view — size and place the box so it sits where you need it.
Reading
Ultra-high-contrast text. Start with crisp black-on-white, or switch to inverted, yellow, or green — and use Reading Line to focus on one magnified line at a time.
RP
For tunnel vision. Shrink the whole picture with the remote until everything you need fits inside your remaining field of view.
Television
Tuned for screens. Special exposure settings cut backlight glare, and the display won’t time out in the middle of your show.
Outline
For getting around. Vista traces bold, high-contrast outlines around objects and edges, with adjustable line thickness and sensitivity.
Movies
Free full-length films inside Vista. Ask Iris to search, then play, pause, and scrub with the remote.
Books
Free audio books, hands-free. Search by title, then play, pause, and skip by voice or remote.
Games
Games built for the low vision community. Play from the headset with the remote — no tiny phone screen.
Photo Gallery
Every picture you take, ready when you are. Zoom in on the details that matter to you.
Watch and listen
Movies, books, and YouTube — in the headset
Low vision shouldn’t mean missing the film, the chapter, or the clip. Vista brings entertainment into the headset — search by voice, then sit back.
YouTube
Ask Iris to find and play videos — recipes, news, music, how-tos, or your favorite channel — and watch them full-size inside the headset.
Movies
Search and watch free full-length films in Vista. The same simple controls as YouTube: ask Iris, play, pause, and scrub with the remote.
Books
Listen to free audio books hands-free. Search by title, then play, pause, and skip with your voice or the remote.
Stream TV
Bring your television, computer, or a streaming stick into Vista with the Vision Cast transmitter — enlarged and clear from your chair.
* Requires the Vision Cast accessory, sold separately.
Designed for low vision
Games you can see — and play
These titles were built for Vista, not squeezed in from a phone. Huge high-contrast art, simple stick controls, and Iris talking you through every turn. Open Games on the headset and pick one.
Dice Roll
You versus Iris. Roll to build your turn, or hold to bank it. A one busts the turn. First to one hundred wins.
Hangman
Ten questions with three choices. Stick up or press Action to pick, stick down for the next. Five misses and the round is over.
Higher or Lower
A number is on the card. Guess whether the next one is higher or lower. Thirty seconds — stick up for higher, stick down for lower.
Look back
Every picture you take
Just say “Iris, take a picture.” Then, in Photo Gallery, zoom in on the details that matter to you.
Just say
Iris, take a picture.
Made to wear all day
Light, comfortable, ready when you are
Vista is featherlight and well balanced, so it stays comfortable from morning to night. It starts fast, works without a Wi-Fi connection, and is controlled entirely by voice or a simple remote — no fiddly setup, no menus to learn.
Everything is designed to fade into the background so you can focus on the moment, not the device — whether that’s reading the mail, cooking dinner, or catching up with family.
You’re never on your own
One-on-one help from people who get it
Every Vista comes with our community of Coaches. They meet with you one-on-one, right from the comfort of home, to help you set up your device, learn the modes, and get real results in your everyday life.
Our Coaches are themselves low-vision persons and IrisVision users — they understand the challenges firsthand, and they’re patient, encouraging, and genuinely on your side.
Built for low vision
Helps with many low-vision conditions
Vista is designed for people living with reduced or distorted central and peripheral vision. It has helped users with a wide range of conditions see and do more, including but not limited to:
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
- Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
- Stargardt Disease
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Optic Neuropathy
- Optic Atrophy
- Cataracts
- …and more
Not sure where to start?
See if Vista is right for you
Answer a few quick questions about your vision and daily life, and we’ll help you understand whether Vista is a good fit. It only takes a minute, and there’s no obligation.
Accessories
Expand what Vista can do
Vision Cast streams content from your TV, computer, or a streaming device straight into your headset — connect it once, then sit back and watch, enlarged and clear.
A wireless remote keeps zoom, brightness, and modes within easy reach when you’d rather tap than talk. Every Vista also arrives ready to use, with its display, charger, and remote in the box.
The original — backed by medical science
Invented by neuroscientists. Funded by the NIH. Proven in research.
IrisVision is the original science-based low-vision headset — invented by a neuroscientist at UC Berkeley, funded by the National Eye Institute at the NIH, and clinically evaluated at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute.
Funded by the NIH National Eye Institute 
Developed and clinically evaluated at Johns Hopkins Proven in independent peer-reviewed studies Also trusted at leading eye centers, including Stanford and UPMC.
Hear from our customers
Real people, real results
The IrisVision has improved my functionality, productivity and social interactions
IrisVision is central to my enjoyment of family and life-long interests.
I was able to clearly see somebody in the courtyard from the upper balcony!
Try IrisVision today
Enjoy your favorite people and activities again
Vista can help you find pleasure again in the things low vision has made harder — reading, cooking, watching TV, pursuing hobbies, traveling, and sharing time with the people you love. And if low vision has affected your work or independence, Vista can help you reclaim it.
