One Week Into Seeing My World: My First Update With the eSight Go Glasses

Welcome to the one week update wearing the eSight Go Glasses. If you want to watch the YouTube video simply click play and start watching it. Not much a video viewer? Simply read the blog. Everything mentioned in the video is also written in the Blog.

Hey friends,

This is J.R. your somewhat blind person checking in with the first big update since the eSight Go glasses arrived. As I’m writing this, it’s been exactly one week since the package landed on my doorstep… and honestly, I still can’t believe any of this is real.

Let’s start with something simple. I can finally see myself in my camera’s viewfinder.

I’ve been making YouTube videos for about 15 years, always guessing whether I was in frame. I used to record full videos only to later discover I’d filmed my chin or the corner of my shoulder. These glasses changed that immediately. Now, when I film, I can actually see myself and frame the shot something I’ve dreamed of for years.

Only two days after getting the glasses, I jumped into the deep end and volunteered at my local Memorial Centre. I’ve helped with ticket taking and 50/50 draws for a while now, but this was the very first time I saw the faces of the people I was talking to.

Let me tell you… it blew my mind.

Everyone has a unique smile. Everyone has their own style. Their own glasses. Their own way of moving. I kept finding myself shocked at things everyone else takes for granted hairstyles, clothing choices, and the way people fidget on stage at comedy shows.

On Thursday, I took tickets for a comedy show and got to see performers on stage for the first time in eight years of doing comedy myself. Everyone has their own habits: some grab the mic for comfort, some talk with their hands, some sway. I never knew any of this.

On Friday, I volunteered for A Christmas Carol and actually saw my buddy Jason Steele’s face for the first time. I always imagined what he might look like, but I was way off. Learning how people actually look has been wild in the best possible way.

I’ve been reading Braille my whole life, so picking up a printed menu and actually being able to zoom in and read it still feels unreal. I can’t read cursive or fancy connected fonts yet, but standard print? Absolutely.

I even played Uno with my family without bringing the cards right up to my face. I could see the cards on the table. That alone made me emotional something as simple as a family card game feels new again.

Monopoly is next. I’ve always loved being the car.

Yes… I finally saw my wife clearly.I saw all five of my kids.And I saw my dog Murphy who turns out to be a handsome brindle boy with a personality to match.

These moments are things I’ll never forget.

Not everything is perfect. These glasses are powerful, but they’re also new to my brain. At Subway, I dropped a Pepsi bottle, and when I tried to find it with the glasses, I got confused because I didn’t know where to look. A kind person handed it back to me.

There are still moments where my old habits take over.

The glasses only have about a five-hour battery life, so I picked up a 10,000 mAh battery pack. It lets me run the glasses for up to 30 hours if I need to. Movies, volunteering, family time I’m covered.

This whole experience is overwhelming in the best possible way. I’m still scared to pinch myself because I’m afraid I’ll wake up and the vision will disappear. But every day I wake up, put on the glasses, and the world comes into focus all over again.

To everyone who donated, shared, supported, or simply believed in me — thank you. You changed my life.

Here’s to week one. And the many more updates to come.