Do you have a blind friend + D435 + some time and would wish to test an echolocation app ? Otherwise share your opinion

[m108]

Hi, I made an echolocation app/device with D435, RPi3 and some coding.

FOSS, see examples here : http://sonic-sight.org/examples.html or github : https://github.com/sonic-sight/sonic-sight

In case you have a depth vision camera and a blind friend, I would be interested to know if your friend would find it useful.

Otherwise I would be grateful for your feedback.

[MartyG · Accepted solution]

Thanks so much for sharing your echo-location app! I hope you find some testers through your message.

I maintain a list of useful RealSense resources and have added your app to it to make it easier for others to discover.

https://forums.intel.com/s/question/0D50P0000490WyoSAE/realsense-stories-you-may-have-missed

In the first generation of RealSense cameras in 2015, some Intel employees worked on a personal project that took the alternative approach of using vibrating body-pads to warn of obstacles detected by the camera. You may find it an interesting reference.

https://software.intel.com/en-us/spatial-awareness-wearable/get-started?language=en_US

Thanks again!

[m108]

Thanks for adding me on your list.

I will see if I can get it tested somewhere.

At the moment it is a bit of a hack, but they say that if it is perfect before a first real test you are doing something wrong.. :D

Thanks for the reference.

One of the ideas of how to make this device more useful, i.e. for deafblind, is to use vibrators instead of speakers/headphones to convey the same information. I will take a look what the intel guys came up with. Probably their budget was slightly larger than mine :D

Thanks again