RunSight
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It reads the lane and says it out loud.

RunSight is a working prototype for blind and low-vision runners. Short spoken cues help them stay in their lane and respond to people ahead, without internet or a phone.

A RunSight wearer adjusts the prototype camera glasses on a running track

Guidance during the run. A clear record when it ends.

The runner's lane region highlighted in green, between the detected lane lines

It keeps you in the lane

Short spoken cues help you move back toward the centre before drifting out of the lane.

A person detected ahead on the running track, in a green bounding box

It sees the people ahead

RunSight warns when someone is ahead and tells you to stop when they are too close.

It records the run

The device records the GPS route, distance, pace, and guidance events locally. After the run, the app transfers the session to the phone.

A runner wearing the RunSight glasses and the vest that carries the compute unit
A person wearing the RunSight glasses with the compute unit in a vest

The camera at eye level. The computer in a running vest.

The camera sits on the glasses. The computer, battery and GPS ride in a running vest, while spoken guidance reaches the runner through an earphone. A phone is not required during the run.

Device

Set up RunSight, start a run, and keep every result.

Check that the device is ready, control a run when you need to, review your training, and find routes reviewed by other runners.

Companion app

Why we built it

If my guide is busy, my training gets postponed.

Maria, 24, a competitive athlete and one of the twelve people we interviewed.

RunSight was informed by twelve research sessions that identified fifteen recurring barriers to independent training, including the availability of guide runners.

Read the research
The red running lanes of Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, seen from a runner's eye level
Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, where the dataset was collected.
The Labmino team demonstrating the RunSight prototype at a Samsung Solve for Tomorrow event
Demonstrating the prototype at Samsung Solve for Tomorrow.

Recognition

  1. Global Ambassador

    Samsung Solve for Tomorrow

  2. Top 20 Worldwide

    Samsung Solve for Tomorrow

  3. 1st Place & People's Choice

    Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Indonesia

Everything around the run, in one app.

Pair the device, control a session, review your route and pace, and find tracks reviewed by other runners.