Inside Sight Village 2025: Accessibility Tech, Travel Fails, and Meta Ray-Bans

Get a front-row pass to the UK's top assistive tech expo with Double Tap at Sight Village! From Meta Ray-Bans to vibrating shoes, discover the latest in accessible technology and the challenges facing blind users today. In this on-location episode, Steven, Shaun, Tim Dixon, and guest Martin Ralfe explore the atmosphere, innovations, and issues at Sight Village Birmingham. The crew recounts their chaotic journey getting to the venue, reflect on travel anxiety as blind travelers, and share honest first impressions of the event’s accessibility improvements. The conversation dives deep into tech highlights, including the buzz around Meta Ray-Bans (even though they weren’t officially on display), vibrating haptic shoes, and the Luna night-vision glasses. Martin offers valuable insight into AI’s role in assistive tech, its limitations, and why prompt engineering matters. The hosts also call out missed sales opportunities and accessibility oversights from vendors, pushing for a better customer experience at future events. Blind Ambition UK: https://www.blindambition.co.uk Be My Eyes: https://www.bemyeyes.com Meta Ray-Bans: https://www.ray-ban.com/meta Seatfrog App: https://www.seatfrog.com Episode Summary:Relevant Links Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices