How an app helps the visually impaired navigate the world

Linda Stuart, Cartt.ca News, Cable and Telecom, February 2, 2017
For most of us, location-based augmented reality apps might be considered nice to have, entertaining technology that conjures up images of last summer’s PokaMon Go craze. But for blind and visually impaired people, the use of augmented reality technology in audio-based navigation apps can provide a safer and often liberating way to travel through unfamiliar streets and especially inside buildings. That’s the idea behind BlindSquare.