I've been watching Peter König's research on this topic for some time. I was notified via email this morning that they are working to finally productize it:<p>"This is Susan Wache writing to you from the feelSpace project.<p>I received your e-mail from Prof. Peter König because you were interested in our experiments with tactile belts and to participate as a subject.<p>Our project has developed further. Apart from scientific research with the compass belt, we are now also well on our way to provide a commercial version of the tactile belt, including compass functionalities and navigation functionality, effectively guiding you via vibrations directly to any location you want to go to.<p>A lot of positive feedback from our subjects, blind and non-blind, but also my own enthusiasm after wearing the belt for over 6 months lead to the next step: In November 2015, my two colleagues Silke Kaercher, Jessika Schwandt and I founded a startup: the feelSpace GmbH.<p>We are close to a first product version of our tactile belt, targeting especially but not exclusively blind people, and thus are running a crowdfunding campaign on indiegogo:
<a href="http://igg.me/at/feelspace-navibelt"" rel="nofollow">http://igg.me/at/feelspace-navibelt"</a>