Overview of Modern Augmented Reality Capabilities for Creating a Navigation Aid for the Blind

DOI: 10.35598/mcfpga.2023.006

Overview of Modern Augmented Reality Capabilities for Creating a Navigation Aid for the Blind
Andrii Sokolov, Oleg Avrunin, Andrii Sokolov

V International Scientific and Practical Conference Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Device Development on Microcontrollers and FPGAs (MC&FPGA-2023), Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2023, pp. 23-24.

Date of Conference: 22–23 June 2023

Abstract
This work considers the prospects and possibilities of using augmented reality to create a portable navigation assistant for the blind, the hardware requirements for working with ARCore.

Keywords: ARCore, augmented reality, Google, smartphone, styling.

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