February 1, 2021
2:30 pm
The first Augmented Reality (AR) British Sign Language (BSL) book for children and a virtual stage-building platform have joined the government’s tech innovation scheme Digital Catapult.
Digital Catapult’s Augmentor programme works with promising start-ups that use immersive technology to help bring them to market through workshops and networking.
Using sign language to bridge the pre-verbal gap
Bristol-based start-up Vika Books has designed a children’s book which uses immersive technologies to promote British Sign Language for both deaf and hearing children.
Where is the bird? incorporates AR and Mixed Reality (XR) to encourage pre-speech communication between babies and adults.