Club World Cup: Seattle tech startup puts power of the pitch at fingertips for visually impaired soccer fans

OneCourt is providing new technology for visually impaired fans. The majority of the company’s founders are University of Washington graduates.

SEATTLE — Seattle-based tech startup, OneCourt, is playing a major role in the first-ever FIFA Club World Cup.

The company, founded by a team of University of Washington grads, is putting its new technology in the hands of visually impaired soccer fans.

Holding a “game board,” fans will feel vibrations in their hands during a match.

“We translate live gameplay data,” said Jerred Mace, a co-founder of OneCourt. “Fans can literally feel as the ball streams across the pitch.”

Mace,

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