The story, the numbers, and everything you need to write about LookSense.
SpectralSense is a small company building tools that read the physical world through color and light. Our first product, LookSense, helps anyone understand and use the clothes they already own, and it is a real accessibility tool for people who are colorblind or living with low vision. If you cover assistive technology, human-centered AI, or the future of personal style, we would love to help.
The quick version
SpectralSense LLC is a software-and-hardware company based in the U.S. Our first product, LookSense, is an iOS app that reads what is in your closet. Point your phone, or our spectral sensor, at a garment, and LookSense names its color and fabric, builds outfits from what you already own, and can speak the answer out loud. It is built to be useful for everyone, and genuinely helpful for the hundreds of millions of people who are colorblind or living with low vision. LookSense is launching on the App Store.
A dedicated spectral sensor is in development as a higher-accuracy companion to the app. Same software, a sharper read. It uses a 14-channel spectral sensor that sees past visible light into the near-infrared, so the read describes the fabric itself, not the room it is in.
Fact sheet
Why it matters
Color vision deficiency affects roughly 300 million people worldwide, about one in twelve men. Millions more live with low vision or blindness. For a lot of them, getting dressed means guessing, or relying on someone else. LookSense describes color, contrast, and how pieces match in plain words, tuned to how each person sees, and read by a sensor rather than guessed from a photo. Accessibility is not a bolt-on mode here. It is built into the core.
What makes LookSense different
Most tools in this space guess from a photo and push you to shop. LookSense measures what you already own and stays anchored to your real closet, so it names your actual clothes, not "a blue top." It reads fabric and color the way an instrument does, not the way a camera does. And the same read that helps a sighted person get more out of their wardrobe is what lets a colorblind person trust what they are wearing. One product, framed the same way for everyone.
Available on request
Product screenshots in multiple resolutions. Founder bio and headshot. Hands-on access to the app and the prototype spectral hardware. Interview availability with Patrick Connolly. Introductions to low-vision and colorblind users for firsthand reporting, with their permission. Full sources for any statistic we cite.
Press inquiries
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