theia.ai

iOS application to aid the visually impaired traverse external environments. The app uses a DeepLabV3+MobileNetV2 model trained on the Cityscapes dataset for inference. This application is based on and inspired by blindassist-ios.

Instructions

Currently works only on simulator.

1. Run TheiaModel/app.py. Server is launched on localhost.
2. Launch Theia on simulator.

TODO

• Add Camera module instead of photopicker.
• Run model on device locally using CoreML.
• Incorporate ARKit for depth data.
• Improve algorithm to predict next action to perform.
• Expand to diverse environments, not only areas of traffic/roads.