Timeline Stories

Word has spread at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, about our involvement in the Department of Transportation’s Inclusive Design Challenge. This week we were contacted by MBA students at the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech and were honored to be interviewed by them. In our interview…

One of the consistent things we have heard in our focus groups regarding Automated Vehicles is concerns about where the vehicle would drop them off or pick them up.  A building or location’s address does not necessarily translate into a front door of a building or a safe and accessible…

Today is an exciting day as we were able to test our first prototype of our Ultra Wideband hardware that will help guide the blind and visually impaired to their Autonomous Vehicle, rideshare vehicle, or any vehicle for that matter.  The initial data results are looking good.  Our distance measurements…

Foresight Augmented Reality was excited to be interviewed by the IEEE Insight publication speaking about Autonomous Vehicles and their use in the disabled community, as well as our participation in the Department of Transportation’s Inclusive Design Challenge. A lot of progress has been made in our prototype technology for the…

Team FAR was excited to participate in a Zoom interview with the PAVE Campaign.  Learn more about the DOT’s Inclusive Design Challenge and Foresight Augmented Reality’s participation in this great program by watching our interview here: Team FAR Interview  

Foresight Augmented Reality FAR was recently invited to participate in the Mcity Accessibility Workshop: Where the Vehicle Meets the Curb! If you haven’t seen the Mcity videos online, you’re missing out on incredible advancements in AVs. Here’s a little bit to quench curiosity.   Mcity Test Facility Video Tour  …

Today was a great day and step forward in creating equitable inclusion of automated vehicles for people living with blindness or visual impairment! Not in a million years would a product developer or designer put a product in the marketplace without performing market research, focus groups, and user testing. It…

Since our initial proposal, there have been a lot of advancements in the UWB (ultra-wideband) field. We are currently evaluating different chipsets to determine which will provide us the functionality we need now and in the future.  With this testing comes the great excitement of actually having some hardware in…

Foresight Augmented Reality intimately understands individual differences and the importance of inclusion. Multiple FAR team members have disabilities themselves as well as diverse families. Authentic inclusion is the spirit behind everything we do at FAR, from how we approach life and business, to how we’re approaching the Inclusive Design Challenge.…

Foresight Augmented Reality was born from creating a specific solution based on deeply understanding a need, and a problem a person with a disability was facing in their daily life. That person happened to be David Furukawa, the co-founder of the company. This lived experience was the genesis of the…