[saulrh]

The model for the interaction has already been figured out by all of these tools that people are trying to create, hasn't it? Point a probe into the world and get back a signal that corresponds to some geometric property of the world - distance from the probe, edge-detection, etc. It's like virtual reality: replace the world with a rendered scene and the lidar range detecter with something like a Vive wand.

[cuauhtli]

yes, the trick right here is to have something that is of everyday use, we actually embedded an IMU and have the ability to recognize the space and map it with very low power consumption in the wrist. gathering the info from the environment without the use of a camera that uses a lot of processing power and mAh. What we developed is a fashionable navigation watch for the blind and visually impaired.