目が不自由な人のためのセンサー技術 EyeRing - Sensor technology for visually handicapped person #AR

ここで紹介されている技術は、ARではないかもしれない。指などに装着できる小型のセンサーを対象物に近づけると、その対象物の情報を音声などで知らせてくれるという技術が、"EyeRing" のようだ。身体が不自由な人や、高齢者の生活を支援する技術は今後ますます必要とされるであろう。"EyeRing" も2年後を目標に製品化を目指しているとのこと。

EyeRing is a wearable intuitive interface that allows a person to point at an object to see or hear more information about it. We came up with the idea of a micro camera worn as a ring on the index finger with a button on the side, which can be pushed with the thumb to take a picture or a video that is then sent wirelessly to a mobile phone to be analyzed. The user receives information about the object in either auditory or visual form. Future versions of our proposed system may include more sensors to allow non-visual data capture and analysis. This finger-worn configuration of sensors opens up a myriad of possible applications for the visually impaired as well as the sighted.

(via YouTube by suranga81 )
(moe ... http://www.androidnova.org/eyering-can-help-blind-people-to-see-object/)