Once this gets video capabilities and is ported to glasses, it'll be a major revolution for blind people (and I say this as a blind person).
People have tried "smart <thing> that helps blind people navigate" since the 80s, many, many, many times, and all such projects failed. The cycle of "wow, blind people could benefit from a navigation aid, why don't I make one, if there's none around, I must surely have been the first bright university student to think of this idea" is pretty well known in the community, and I'm personally quite tired of it. Nevertheless, I think this may be the one.
Circa 2020, I have said that people who are getting a guide dog now are probably getting their last one. I think we aren't far off from that prediction coming true.
People have tried "smart <thing> that helps blind people navigate" since the 80s, many, many, many times, and all such projects failed. The cycle of "wow, blind people could benefit from a navigation aid, why don't I make one, if there's none around, I must surely have been the first bright university student to think of this idea" is pretty well known in the community, and I'm personally quite tired of it. Nevertheless, I think this may be the one.
Circa 2020, I have said that people who are getting a guide dog now are probably getting their last one. I think we aren't far off from that prediction coming true.