Visioning workshop, opportunity: Walking the City
Orientation is exceptionally difficult, with little or no visual cues and confusing soundscapes, alternative solutions are needed to guide…
We estimate that 4 million people will be living with sight loss in the UK by 2050. We need to better understand the problem from the individuals' perspective and identify integrated solutions to make cities enjoyable for everyone.
Watch our short films and find out more about the everyday challenges of people with sight loss and the remarkable ways which they are forced to overcome them.
Discover how we developed, trialled and tested our 3D soundscape technology on a route from Reading to London.
Learn about the emerging opportunities for city planners, architects, technologists and policy makers the world over.
Orientation is exceptionally difficult, with little or no visual cues and confusing soundscapes, alternative solutions are needed to guide…
Existing street furniture and amenities can be a hindrance to the blind and partially sighted. Shared spaces and open streets can disrupt…
Asking for help from a passer by is often the best way to deal with a complicated or unknown step in a journey. However not all passers by…
Once someone has reached the correct platform and identified the train they must find the doors and get on. Predicting where the doors will…
The first step to catching a bus is locating the stop. Bus stops that have a distinctive tactile profile and are positioned on the kerb…
Where a station has an information desk finding a member of staff can just be a matter of arriving at the desk. Where this is not the case…
Kate leaves her house and walks down Tamarisk Avenue towards Reading town centre. She’s informed that there’s a new dropped kerb…
Kate heads to the bus stop. As she approaches it she feels the rumble-strip paving beneath her feet and knows it’s coming up on her…
The station is large and noisy. Kate does an audio sweep of the station using the Microsoft 3D soundscape technology and the layout is…
Developed by Tactile Sight, a spinoff of the University of Waterloo, the Tactile Belt functions much as a route planner such as Google…
Designed by Raynes Associates, Tacdots are easy to install and easy to use tactile wayfinding dots. The dots can be used for inside and…
As Kate exits the lift she is told her platform is number 10, which is seven metres to her right. As she walks towards it she is told what…