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…
Above almost anything else people with sight loss rely on predictability in their environment. Carefully constructed routes only work when…
Changes in the sound of traffic, the sounds of different trains or of a shouting market stall holder are all examples of useful and…
From fish to fried chicken people with sight loss use all sorts of smells as navigational cues. Like any other landmark for a smell to be…
If a feature of the environment is detectable by them and always in the same place it can be used as a navigational landmark for someone…
The train heads into London Paddington. Kate receives information about the route and is told that she’s passing Windsor Castle. The…
Sunglasses are worn by the user with a small digital video camera placed in the centre to capture visuals of the person’s…
232 Studios won a TfL competition that aimed to improve navigation information accessibility for colour blind people. The developed maps…
This design proposes a device that stores pre-set tactile personal routes that are accessed through a levelling display interface. The user…
As part of his master-thesis, Keiichi Matsuda created a video that illustrates how we may experience our physical environment in the future…
The touch sight camera was designed to give blind and partially sighted users the opportunity to record their memories. The user holds the…