AN ASSISTANT FOR THE BLIND AND THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Product Description: A navigation device to help the blind and visually impaired. The product is two parts to be worn on both hands but does not hinder the movement of the hand. By using advanced technologies, this tiny device functions both as a GPS and a walking stick, and provides warning to nearby obstacles.
Lechal, the world's first interactive haptic feedback footwear company.Lechal makes Insoles and shoes with vibratory feedback for hands-off and eyes-off interaction.
NAVIG is a multidisciplinary and innovative project aiming at augmenting the autonomy of visually impaired people in their basic daily actions the most problematic: navigation and object localization. This video presents the different components of the systems (artificial vision, 3D sounds rendered by binaural synthesis, pedestrian GIS, vocal interface,...) and the prototype being developed.
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