These earbuds can read the label on your snack

UW researchers developed a system called VueBuds that uses tiny cameras in off-the-shelf wireless earbuds to allow users to talk with an AI model about the scene in front of them. Here, the altered headphones are shown with the camera inserted. Photo: Kim et al./CHI ‘26

Instead of walking around with a camera on your face, how about one in each ear? A te…