Empatheyes360° Immersive vision impairment training that helps professionals understand the real-world impact of sight loss and translate that understanding into better practice.
Empatheyes360° Immersive vision impairment training that helps professionals understand the real-world impact of sight loss and translate that understanding into better practice.

What is Empatheyes360°?

Empatheyes360° is a browser-based immersive training platform that allows professionals to experience the functional impact of visual impairment within realistic environments using smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers.

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Understanding → Confidence → Better Outcomes
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Evidence-Based Innovation

Empatheyes360° is built on research, lived experience and proven delivery.

Developed from over 20 years of lived and professional experience through Angel Eyes NI.

Parent research published in Eye Journal 2025.

Medical student research completed and presented internationally at SEASAM.

Developed in partnership with clinical experts and people with lived experience of vision impairment.

Built on a commercially proven model and trained more than 4,000 professionals in health and education across Northern Ireland.

See Empatheyes360° In Action

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Visual Awareness training for Student Teachers demonstrating visual functions in augmented reality

Visual Awareness training for Student Teachers demonstrating visual functions in augmented reality

Empatheyes360° provides understanding.

Participants experience visual impairment within realistic environments and augmented reality before reflecting on how this should influence professional practice.

No Specialist Hardware Required‍

Accessible On:

Smartphones

Tablets

Laptops

Desktop Computers

Participant Testimonials

"The real-life environments made the learning far more meaningful."

"Being able to compare typical vision and impaired vision side-by-side was incredibly powerful."

"It gave me a more empathetic perspective of what people with vision impairment experience every day."

"The experience has changed how I think about accessibility and inclusion.”

Products

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Impact

Empatheyes benefits professionals and practitioners across multiple industries and sectors globally, to create better health and wellbeing outcomes for visually impaired individuals to positively impact their lives.
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Research

Empatheyes is dedicated to research and development, striving to become a leading innovator in visual impairment by using the latest in science and VR technology to evidence our work and reach clients on a global scale.
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Training

Empatheyes seeks to be synonymous with high quality training, education practice and professional development, using our VR simulator to benefit practitioners and professionals across the globe to improve their work in VI.

Who we work with

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