Matthew Shifrin is a musician and inventor with a passion for providing accessible entertainment to blind audiences. Blind since birth, Matthew has been building LEGO sets since his 13th birthday when a family friend gifted him a book of instructions printed in braille. Later, he launched LEGO for the Blind, which provides detailed instructions for various LEGO model sets. These instructions are provided for free on his website, found below, including sets as large at 2,766 pieces. He's now collaborating with LEGO to provide detailed instructions using artificial intelligence.
Matthew is also working with an engineer at MIT Media Lab on Project Daredevil, which aims to create a sensory 3D comic book experience using a virtual reality headset. With this technology, users can experience motion that is difficult to convey within the time constraints of traditional audio description.
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