Microsoft’s HoloLens virtual reality headset will make its way to some developers early next year. (Photo courtesy Microsoft/TNS)
To assist the blind in navigating unfamiliar places, scientists at Caltech in the US state of California have developed an augmented reality technology housed within a portable headset that gives objects a voice.
This week, Caltech announced the publication of a paper ("Augmented Reality Powers a Cognitive Assistant for the Blind") outlining the work of scientists who "have combined augmented reality hardware and computer vision algorithms to develop software that enables objects to ‘talk'."
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