The application ecosystem for such blind runners is still in its nascent stage and for such heavy-duty ultra marathon runs, the apps need to memorise all the landmarks and should be enabled with satellite navigation with a simpler user in terface. Moreover, developers will need to take into account all parameters like location, weight of the device, hallucination-proof UI and huge amounts of monetary investments.
Although the app is still in the development and testing phase, Wheatcroft used a version of the app to run the difficult 258-km Sahara race in Namibia desert.
- Source "The Economic Times"
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