For years, technologists have experimented with ways to assemble powerful new technologies like computer vision, digital navigation, and a variety of sensors to help blind and visually impaired people navigate more easily. Former Microsoft engineer Amos Miller, who is blind himself, had an idea: why not create a device that uses multi-modal AI technology to guide users by attaching the familiar concept of a cane to a small, two-wheel assembly that guides with steering and brakes a user to their destination? Could people, especially those who lose their vision later in life, easily afford the device and use it right out of the box? That’s what Miller aims to deliver with Glidance. Immediately after this session, Amos Miller will be available for live questions in a breakout session listed in the agenda.