BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Staff with KultureCity said enjoying a basketball game is something many people take for granted, but with new technology all the way from France, people who are visually impaired could follow the game in a way they never could before.
This is the first time anyone in the U.S. has experienced the technology, and it happened in Birmingham during the first exhibition game in the Boutwell Auditorium in 45 years. KultureCity partnered with Touch2See to bring 15 people with visual impairments to Friday’s game against the Tide and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
Tablets with specially designed technology put people at the center court with just the tip of a finger following every second of the game. Typically, people with visual impairments can go to games but wouldn’t be able to have this kind of interaction, and staff said they’ve never seen anything like it…