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Visus Technology

www.visustech.com

 
Visus Technology, Inc. was founded for the purpose of integrating and developing solutions to improve the quality of life for people with a wide range of vision impairment, from mild loss of vision to no light perception or complete blindness. We wanted to make it easy for the visually impaired to participate fully in day-to-day activities without the need for multiple devices. We saw no reason why it should be necessary to have one device for reading books, another for identifying objects, a third for socializing, a fourth for navigating, and so on. With these concerns in mind, we set as ...
  • Number of Employees: 25-100
  • Annual Revenue: $1-10 Million

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