Lidar Eyes vs nomap

At our boutique NGO (Asociația unPi pentru Școlari, www.unpi.ro/english) we stive to build assistive solutions for all humans. This application is the very first step in designing a helpful guide for the visually impaired. Here we are using the latest hardware (LiDAR) and latest software APIs (Spatial Audio) from Apple in order to create a virtual guide, which would try to emulate a human friend of the visually impaired. Imagine that you are travelling together with your best friend and he or she is informing you about your surroundings, plus alerting you on the nearest obstacle in your path. Our solution requires a LiDAR sensor in your iPhone (iPhone 12/13/14 Pro), and for best sound experience: an AirPods Pro/Max in transparency mode. While our efforts are ongoing, we rely and ask your support plus feedback in building additional features (i.e. Computer Vision for iPhone without LiDAR) for this application or the upcoming ones. To free your hands, this application requires you to wear your iPhone on a chest mount holder, plus wear headsets with support for spatial audio and transparency so that you remain aware of your environment at all times. If you don’t have a chest mount holder, try to point the iPhone’s Lidar (back cameras) towards the path you’re heading when using the app Once you start Lidar Eyes Lite, you'll be able to hear a sound coming from the direction where the closest obstacle is located. For a better experience we recommend to download and select an enhanced or premium voice from Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech > Voice for your system’s language. For now, the application announcements are available in the following languages: - English - French - Italian - Romanian - German - Spanish - Chinese, Simplified

Look up and walk forward. nomap is a navigation app that gets you to your destination using only arrows and vibrations. Our unique vibration system lets you reach your destination without constantly looking at your phone. Start walking with the guidance of vibrations. Are you spending your travels just looking at your phone? The journey to your destination can be a memorable part of your trip. While you're looking down at your map, you might miss a charming bakery right in front of you. With nomap, you don't need to keep staring at a boring map to get where you're going. As long as you're on the right path, your phone will keep the rhythm. Hold your phone straight and keep moving. When the rhythm stops, it's a sign to turn. Just spin around a bit, and you'll quickly find the right direction. If you take a wrong turn, don't worry. The app will automatically find a new route for you. - Secret Feature Once the navigation starts, try shaking your phone! It will turn into a compass that continuously points to your destination. This feature is handy when you want to know the direction to your destination or choose your own route. Enjoy your adventure while choosing the path you like. (You can revert back by shaking again.) nomap is a brand new app, released just in December 2023. We're excited to make it even more amazing! - When the Compass Points in the Wrong Direction... Sometimes the phone's compass may point in the wrong direction. If that happens, rotate your phone in a figure-eight a few times. It should recalibrate.