{"id":23120,"date":"2022-12-13T17:11:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/13\/microsofts-most-unique-app-goes-open-source-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-12-13T17:11:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:11:27","slug":"microsofts-most-unique-app-goes-open-source-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/13\/microsofts-most-unique-app-goes-open-source-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s Most Unique App Goes Open-Source \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today, Microsoft Research\u00a0announced<\/a> that it will discontinue development of Soundscape, a navigational app for visually-impaired people. The company plans to make the app\u2019s code open-source on January 3rd, 2023.<\/p>\n

Soundscape is not a conventional turn-by-turn direction app, as people with visual impairments would have trouble following a map on a small display. Rather, it harnesses the power of augmented reality and three-dimensional audio to guide people to points of interest in unfamiliar settings.<\/p>\n

However, the current Soundscape app won\u2019t be going away immediately, you can still download it from the iOS store until January 3rd, and it will remain functional until the end of June 2023. And the Microsoft Azure services that enable Soundscape will still be supported by the company throughout that period.<\/p>\n

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