Team: Wayfindr
Wayfindr tested, developed and stimulated new digital navigation apps, which empowered vision impaired citizens to independently navigate London using their smartphone, using an Open Standard designed by experts and vision impaired users. Working with London Underground, they were able to make existing beacon data accessible to developers for creating new digital navigation apps for indoor environments. The experiment opened up unmapped public spaces, such as London Underground, shopping malls and hospitals.
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“We want to better understand how to develop accessible, open and innovative navigation services at scale for public transport and other venues. Having these services in place will give vision impaired people the confidence to navigate the city independently.”
Vision-impaired users discussing ideas with hackathon teams.
WalkPal, the winning hackathon team.
Wayfindr in action, testing the prototype at Euston underground station.