I haven't got the time at the moment (I might later this year). But I've been thinking about smart glasses and their ability to be a budget alternative to things like NuEyes glasses. Consider an app like WeZoom that basically turns your smartphone camera into a handheld magnifier. Consider relatively cheap Rayban Stories smartglasses (the ones from Facebook) that go for 300 bucks. I figure it should be pretty doable to apply WeZoom's coding techniques to the smart glasses and turn it into voice controlled binoculars, basically. Maybe this could be a great hobby project for you if you're technically inclined?

Here's a review of the Ray Ban Stories by the Blind Poet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO4K80aIW1w&list=WL&index=150

I'm also not that into technical Android stuff (I'm more of a PC guy), but maybe you could find the APKs of those VR apps and sideload them? You'd have to be comfortable with rooting your phone though. I've never done that honestly.

If you want a non pricey VR/AR solution for Android, the older series of Samsung Galaxy phones had the ability to use what was called Gear VR. Basically it was an Oculus headset that Samsung optimzied for. You snap the phone into the headset and you have a pass-thru USB-C connection so you can use a battery back to extend out use time. Came with a BT remote as well as a touch sensitive control on the right side. Samsung created a app called Relumino that allows for a decent amount of feature set for low vision users. No IPD adjustment, no OCR or reader but the lenses were quite good. Will fit over some glasses frames, and there was a company that would grind lenses (pricey) to fit if you had a Rx that was relatively light. S8 and S9 series had the ability, and the Gear VR sets are still avail on Amazon and Ebay and probably FB marketplace (dunno, hate FB and odn't have any account)

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I've kept my S8+ for just this reason. I also use WeZoom for everyday use. Unfortunately wearing the Gear VR does become fatiguing rather quickly. I wish that the developers who build video passthru on these type of platforms would use image stabilization, ya never realize how much you head moves until every little twitch is hugely and nauseatingly magnified. The major reason to play with this is most of the low-vision devices of that generation (Patriot, etc.) are basically clones of the concept - with MUCHO higher pricetags than a used S8 and Gear VR.

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google's vr platform a few years back was called cardboard, although discontinued you may be able to find the cardboard viewwer app in the google play store. i don't have an android device available to me at the moment to look it up but hey a name is a start

They are not good for you man. Propping up your phone in front of your eyes is not a viable solution. In fact you’re just asking for trouble propping up a phone screen right in front of your eyes for an extended period of time will probably damage your eyes even further. Yes I understand how virtual reality headsets work and it’s essentially the same thing but they are properly calibrated and have lenses to make things focus properly besides you’re not supposed to use them for more than two hours at a time.