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I wrote a blog post years ago discussing the possibility of combining echolocation with augmented reality and binaural audio to help the visually impaired navig
by syllablehq 4y ago
I wrote a blog post years ago discussing the possibility of combining echolocation with augmented reality and binaural audio to help the visually impaired navigate their environment with the aid of just a cell phone. Now that some cell phones have LiDAR baked in, this is totally feasible to build today. Anyone want to fund it and open source it? I Truely believe this should exist and will in the future in some form.
https://blog.syllablehq.com/project-sonorous-a-proposed-navigation-tool-for-the-visually-impaired/ https://blog.syllablehq.com/project-sonorous-a-proposed-navi...
- mlang79 4y agoYes, lidar is probably a game changer for (indoor) navigation apps for blind people. However, I have yet to see a prototype which surpasses my own hearing. We shouldnt be too intusiastic about technologies coming up, and forgetting the skillset a human has already built-in... Tech is not always helpful, sometimes it is just an artificial gap between you and the rest of the world.
- syllablehq 4y agoTotally agree about tech not always helpful. Maybe this wouldn’t be helpful for folks who are already skilled at echolocation. Maybe it would be a gateway to learn it, or would be helpful for folks who were not skilled at it for whatever reason? Not sure, of course would need to test and work with folks as it’s developed. But I know I was able to “virtually echolocate” playing a game to navigate a maze with no previous experience and I thought that was cool.