German college students use Kinect to make a blind guide

Several graduate students at the University of Constance in Germany have found a new use for Microsoft's somatosensory peripherals, Kinect, for the blind, according to overseas media reports. They put the Kinect on top of their helmets, converting the visual data received by the infrared cameras into audio guides to inform the users through their wireless headphones. The device can be used to identify obstacles and directions in the road for the blind.　　The developer named the device Navi (navigational aids for the visually impaired), visual obstacle navigation aids. At the same time, several graduate students have added a standard camera based on existing cameras, enabling the Kinect to have stereoscopic vision to create an augmented reality (augmented Reality,ar) system.　　This AR system can interpret different types of AR barcode labels, so as to enable the system to collaborate with the external environment to inform users of more information about road barriers. For example, the user goes to a door, the device will send a voice message: "There is a door ahead, the countdown 3,2,1, please push the door", the information will be based on the distance between the user and the door to inform.