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Your virtual comforting walking stick

There are 1.1 billion people struggling with impaired vision, making even navigating everyday life a challenge. Walking sticks have been traditional solutions, but they can be a hassle for both the user and the people around them.

We present a digital solution to the walking stick, SootheSayer, an AI-powered environment navigator complete with emotional support for stressful situations.

Methods

SootheSayer recreates your environment in 3D from 2D MiDaS projections, then using the recreated environment to determine optimial angles of unobstructured travel inform verbal navigation instructions. Stressed individuals are analyzed through verbal and facial cues, which then adjusts the tone of verbal instructions to match.

Built With

• flask
• groq
• lmnt
• pytorch
• react-native