The brainchild of Israeli designer Oren Geva, a recent graduate of the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Ramat Gan, Israel, the camera 2C3D is one of the innovations aimed at helping people with disability visual.
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Like glasses that help those who can’t hear ‘see’ sound, and a vibrating cap that tells swimmers blind when to turn, now a pin toy-inspired camera lets the blind ‘feel’ the photos.
3D shots and feel
The camera it is connected to a screen with 3D pixels, which change depending on the photograph to form the 3D shots on the surface of the screen. The pixels change to create a physical “image” of the photo on the screen surface.
There are cameras that help the blind to ‘see’.
The user can touch the screen to feel what the camera is seeing in real time. If users like what they feel, they can click and save the photo, to feel it again at any time.
3D camera, challenging in practice
Before 2C3D, Geva designed projects that aim to find new ways of approaching everyday aesthetics.
For example, stackable bowls and cutlery designed to allow dishes to be stacked, with leftovers and cutlery inside, for easy dish cleaning. He also designed a hair clip for girls that easily holds a fresh flower.
New technology for the visually impaired.
Geva found the 3D camera design challenging in practice, as he wanted the design to be intuitive, combining recognizable camera design with innovative elements.
Earlier cameras designed for blind people include the Touch Sight, in which the photographer holds the camera up to their forehead, and a braille display on the back that creates an elevated image of what the lens sees.
Geva’s 2C3D camera offers a simpler approach, which can be more versatile. The prototype camera recently won the 2018 Asia Design Award.
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