HapticNav vs PetaNetra

HapticNav® is a haptic navigation app, paired with an optional HapticNav® wristband, that gently guides you to your destination using vibration, without the need for any visual or audio feedback. Our patented Haptic Corridor™ works like a compass, giving you feedback based on the direction you are facing. When you are in the Haptic Corridor™ you feel no vibrations at all. When you turn you begin to feel a slight vibration. And that vibration gets stronger the more you turn away from the correct direction. We tested with 1000s of users and it is so intuitive, most can figure out the correct way to go without any instruction. In 2017, Wayband® made history when it helped the first person who is blind to run in the NYC marathon, without being tethered to a sighted guide. WearWorks® is a haptic platform company. We build products and experiences that communicate information through touch. Our mission is to reimagine the skin as a high fidelity communications channel capable of giving you information in a more intuitive and less obtrusive way. And our first goal is to revolutionize navigation for the sense of touch. 77% of global smartphone users use navigation apps monthly. Navigation is communicated entirely through vision and audition. For the billions of us who rely on mapping applications for our daily lives, is the need to constantly staring at a screen, or listening to a voice, while getting from one place to another really the best we can do? And even more, for the 285 million people world-wide living with a visual impairment, and the 466 million living with a hearing impairment, that status quo is inaccessible. We see a better way to navigate. One that frees your ears and eyes while giving you all the information you need directly through your natural sense of touch. Download the HapticNav® App to feel your way... anywhere. Terms: https://www.wear.works/terms-conditions

PetaNetra is an application that uses Augmented Reality (AR) technology to help blind people navigate independently in indoor public spaces to be more comfortable and independent. This application supports the use of VoiceOver to help convey information to the blind. PetaNetra can detect your location and will guide you to the destination you choose. In using the application itself, there are 4 types of markers that will be found: 1. Place This marker functions to indicate the place that will be the user's destination or show the user's standing position. Some examples included in place markers are gates, toilets, counters, etc. 2. Warning This marker functions to inform users that they need to be more careful when walking. An example is a warning about differences in floor height. 3. Obstacles This marker functions to inform users that there are obstacles that users need to avoid when walking. Some objects that are obstacles are holes, poles, railings, etc. 4. Action This marker functions to instruct users to take a certain action according to instructions. Examples of instructions that will be found in the application are “push the door”, “raise your hand to check your body temperature”, etc.