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Braille for sports: Haptic handheld broadcasts games to your fingertips | Catches, kicks, throws, passes, goals, touchdowns and home runs will all be buzzed to the user through different vibration patterns.
It’s not always easy to picture exactly what’s going on while listening to a sports radio broadcast – so spare a thought for people with impaired vision who don’t have another option. Well now they do, in the form of OneCourt, a haptic feedback device that works like braille for sports.
@asfvision I had the joy of welcoming accessibility to the NBA on a new level.#TicketmasterPartner The Portland Trail Blazers teamed up with OneCourt and Ticketmaster to bring a tactile device that uses real time data to allow blind and low vision people to feel the game through their fingertips. Currently the OneCourt has been tested with basketball, baseball and (American) football, but the company plans to add other sports in the near future, starting with hockey and soccer. OneCourt has partnered with NBA team the Portland Trail Blazers to demonstrate the device, with five of them available for a test run by fans during every home game at Moda Center this season.
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