Hufflepuff

We have chosen to take on the Universal Studios Parks & Resorts Technology Challenge, which is to design an enhanced entertainment experience for the visually impaired inside the park.

We have designed a platform for both information and entertainment, utilizing beacons that trigger either informative or entertaining audio samples inside the park. These can be welcome guests to new areas of the park, highlight useful locations such information, help, and restrooms, as well as guide guests to attractions that feature accessibility options for the visually impaired. They can also be entertaining for both visually impaired guests and their friends and family, telling a story through multiple beacons in a 3D environment and featuring sound effects and dialog between multiple characters. Sequential hotspots could tell a story of the adventures of a character through each themed area of the park.

These audio 'hotspots' would only be triggered by guests that have enabled this feature on the Universal FL app. After enabling the feature on the app, they would be given a brief audio tutorial instructing them on the key sound to listen for throughout the park, synchronized with a phone vibration. The vibration would be enabled even if the App is in the background.