"Wearable Sensory Substitution Device
summary
Prototype systems convert camera and GPS data into body-surface cues: an early stereo camera glove maps left/front/right to fingers with vibration intensity inversely proportional to distance and updates three times per second but costs >$2,000; design shifts to a tactile belt with GPS, IMU, altimeter and compass that downloads Google Maps waypoints and nudges left/right, with London Underground tracking over ~1 km and ongoing Alzheimer's field trials. Lab work adds monocular depth from motion, object-category recognition and visual SLAM for localization.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:59The Belt
- 5:30Category Recognition
- 6:22Distance
- 7:24Context
- 8:06Visual Slam Slam
- 9:43Automotive
- 11:25Recreational
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