Comcast announced this week it has partnered with a California-based tech company to assist Xfinity customers who are visually impaired in watching television.

NuEyes uses virtual reality technology in its e2 smartglasses, along with a VR magnifying device that enhances the usable vision of a person who is visually impaired. The company launched in 2016 with the device to help those with eye conditions such as macular degeneration, glaucoma and retinitis pigmentosa see loved ones’ faces, read, cook or watch TV.

Tom Wlodkowski, VP of accessibility at Comcast, said that someone from the product team met the startup at a consumer electronics show in 2017, and wanted to make a partnership work. NuEyes’ technology allows for mainstream apps to be viewed by people who are visually impaired through its glasses.

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