Inspiration
Eco-localization technologies, GPS.
What it does
The project consists of a mobile that has the ability to guide blind people through the airport, with the aim letting them access their boarding gate without any further help.
How we built it
The back-end consists of a ticket database which, given a plane ticket, tells which boarding gate has to attend. Furthermore, we have developed a server which computes the path the user has to take to arrive to his desired location, making use of a precise map. The front-end consists of a blind-friendly mobile app which, with the help of a text-to-audio interpreter, will tell the user the steps to follow. It does so by receiving and processing signals emitted by supportive devices that can pinpoint the user's position on the map.
Challenges we ran into
The biggest challenge we ran into was a lack of hardware quality to work with. WiFi isn't meant to be used to compute distances, and we know that with technologies like UWB we could have done a much better project. At this moment we have some problems to compute the exact location of the user.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We have worked as a team and we had a great time. We are also very proud of the project we have done, as given the limited time and resources, we came with a great idea and we've come with a pretty functional prototype.
What we learned
Apart from various technologies and languages, we gained practical knowledge in team-working and project-building.
What's next for Vueling Virtual Assistant
As we said before, we think that with the right technology and enough time this project could become viable and a pretty good approach to enhance the blind peoples experience overall.
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