[Palace] Palace Enhance the Misery for the Visually Impaired

[marlowe]

Of course it's a positive initiative really and something our own visually impaired fans might soon see the benefit of.....

Crystal Palace FC is the first football club to launch revolutionary vision enhancement technology for fans with sight loss - Shared Access

In a ground-breaking initiative, Crystal Palace FC, in partnership with GiveVision and Shared Access, will become the first football club in English history to offer a revolutionary vision enhancement system for fans with sight loss.

www.sharedaccess.com

 

[Eeyore]

Great initiative. I wonder what it would feel like to be so immersed in what was happening.

 

[GT49er]

Sounds amazing, TBH.

 

[nickbrighton]

A quick search brought up a bit more info on how this works-amazing, and well done to Palace for installing the necessary to make it work

The SightPlus from GiveVision is a smartphone-based AR (Augmented Reality) headset that uses the video from the camera on the smartphone mounted on the front of the headset and combines it with software to enhance the image in real time, based on the visual preferences of the user.

Their preference might be to zoom in, or to adjust the contrast or brightness of the image, all of which can be carried out in real time using a hand-held remote control without removing the headset.

 

[marlowe]

Great initiative. I wonder what it would feel like to be so immersed in what was happening.

Yes, I wonder what the criteria would be for it to be made available to you. What level of visual impairment.

 

[Han Solo]

"Let the kid with glasses live" they said... and here we are. These goddamn cyborgs are going to run the place in no time.

 

[dazzer6666]

Well done them….hope it’s a success and gets offered more widely asap

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Superb initiative, and one which will hopefully get rolled out to other clubs asap. Well done Palace!

I wonder if one day a similar technology could be used to offer virtual match or season tickets to sighted and non-sighted fans alike. Needn't be confined to football either. The potential seem limitless

 

[marlowe]

Superb initiative, and one which will hopefully get rolled out to other clubs asap. Well done Palace!

I wonder if one day a similar technology could be used to offer virtual match or season tickets to sighted and non-sighted fans alike. Needn't be confined to football either. The potential seem limitless

Yes, because sometimes your visual impairment is dictated not by your eyesight, but where you are located in the stands in relation to where the action is.

 

[Jack Straw]

I nominate this for the, "Thread Title of the Year." award!

Wonderful thing for P***** to do though.

 

[Withdean South Stand]

Reminds me of the Johnny Depp joke in Life's Too Short; "why did Ricky Gervais record a series of audiobooks? So the blind can hate him as well".