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OneCourt’s haptic mini-field lets blind fans follow the game by touch
Sports fans most often take in their favorite game by watching it on TV or from the venue itself, but those with blind and low vision generally must rely
Sports fans most often take in their favorite game by watching it on TV or from the venue itself, but those with blind and low vision generally must rely on the announcer or a radio broadcast. You place your hands flat on the laptop-sized “field,” and the movements of the main characters of the play (quarterback, receiver, ball) are transmitted via vibrations that shift around with a reasonable amount of fidelity. OneCourt CTO Andrew Buckingham told me they hope to offer sponsored devices free right at venues, the way you can ask for subtitle displays or audio descriptions at the movie theater.
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