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CrossSense, an AI-powered smart glasses system designed to help people with early-stage dementia, has won the £1 million grand prize in the Longitude Prize on Dementia.
The technology acts as an assistive AI companion, helping users carry out everyday tasks by guiding them through actions and reinforcing connections between objects and activities.
For example, the system can help users understand the steps involved in making tea or preparing food.
By providing cognitive prompts that stimulate thinking and recognition, the technology aims to maintain neural connections, slow cognitive decline and support independence.
CrossSense CEO Szczepan Orlins said the award will help accelerate development and bring the product closer to public release.
“As a small team with big ambitions, the prize’s support has accelerated CrossSense in ways that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise,” he said.
The company hopes to launch the technology publicly by early 2027, with future plans to work with local authorities, care providers and NHS memory clinics.
The London-based social enterprise developed the system in collaboration with the University of Sussex and people affected by dementia through the Alzheimer’s Society’s advisory panel.
The Longitude Prize on Dementia, launched in 2014 with support from Innovate UK and the Alzheimer’s Society, has funded 24 assistive technology projects aimed at helping people with dementia remain independent.
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