AR Navigation App

a person walking on road with a walking stick. In the bottom right there is someone holding a phone, with a navigation app on the phone. They are holding it with two hands.

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Description

When people who are blind or visually impaired try to move around a city like Paris, they can easily get lost the minute they exit a subway station. An augmented reality (AR) navigation app is being developed to tackle this. The app identifies the most practical route for them and uses “spatial sound” – also known as 3D sound – to guide them in the right direction.

Website(s)

The SonarVision app

For More Information Contact

Nathan Daix, founder of SonarVision

Bibliography

Huet, N. (2022, September 27). Smart navigation app uses ‘3D sound’ to guide blind people. euronews. Retrieved April 14, 2023, from https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/09/22/wayfinding-app-uses-ar-3d-sound-camera-to-guide-blind-visually-impaired-people-in-cities