Bat-Vision
EchoLocation for the Vision impaired
- According to WHO, 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide.
- Some talented people can naturally use echolocation to navigate their environment without vision
- Daniel Kish
- Ben Underwood
Our solution
- Using the 3D depth sensing of the Tango device, we created a portable and accessible tool providing echolocation to any visually impaired individual
- Pink noise is provided as feedback to indicate the distance of nearby objects
- This provides un-invasive feedback to the user
