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Meet the Trio of Tech Startups Bringing Live Sports to Blind Fans
2025-04-29 08:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Skip to main contentSearchSearchSecurityPoliticsGearThe Big StoryBusinessScienceCultureIdeasMerchPodcastsVideoNewslettersMagazineTravelSteven Levy's Plaintext ColumnWIRED Classics from the ArchiveEventsWIRED InsiderWIRED ConsultingCouponsBest LaptopsAirplane ModeRuck OnBuy It for LifeThe WIRED 101Deals DeliveredTom WigginsGearApr 20, 2025 6:00 AMThese three companies have developed tactile devices that help visually impaired spectators follow the live action playing out on the field.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; OneCourt/Getty ImagesMost viral videos have a very short half-life, but occasionally they have a much greater impact than you might imagine.The founders of OneCourt, Field of Vision and Touch2Seebased in Seattle, Dublin, and Toulouse respectivelywerent all inspired by exactly the same clip, but the videos they did see were all variations on the same basic theme: a blind person having their hands guided by a companion across a facsimile of a soccer pitch in order to better...
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