CabBoots are shoes with integrated guidance system. The core idea consists of a tactile feedback for the instructions for direction that is perceptible at the users feet. It uses the principle of "walking on a trail" (see CabBoots). The intelligence of the system that knows the position, the destination, the way etc. and that drives the shoes is performed by a computer. The feedback of the path (the edge of the path) is produced by small motor driven flaps.
De-teched version
CabTrails makes it possible to experience the "walking on a virtual trail" without any kind of technology. Splines that are mounted on sticks are pushed under the feet of the walking user by an other person - at the position of the edge of the virtual path. The feedback is nearly the same like with CabBoots or on the real trail. The person that handles the sticks acts as the intelligence that determines the virtual path and guides the user.
