Visually impaired fans enjoy basketball at Barclays like never before

the Nets, they did do something very special today as our Jennifer Williams found out how

visually impaired fans are getting an up-close experience at Barclays Center. What's it like to be able to experience a game like this at Barclays

You know, it's incredible. The atmosphere is amazing. And it just, this device is a reassurance

of what's happening. At Barclays Center, a breakthrough. Fans can now follow the action

with their fingertips. Having a fully immersed experience as somebody who's blind

is really unlike any other type of sport event I've ever been to

It's a really fast game. You don't really know where the ball is, but experiencing it this way with the new one-court system

it lets you kind of live the action as you anticipate it

What we're able to do with our tactile broadcast is essentially take the position of the ball

and convey it through haptics and vibration so you can feel where everything is happening in real time

So if I can grab your hand real quick so you can feel, this is the center point

Here's Brian demonstrating how the one-court device makes the game more accessible

for visually impaired fans like himself. I was born blind, so this has been my life for the past 34 years

And it's allowed me to learn life differently, learn life through exploring a whole other world

Like experiences like this. I would have thought I would be sitting here with the device giving a play by play of a game

Nets are up 74 to 64 So the Knicks are down by 10 points And with just the touch of a button users can know the score as quickly and as often as they like My co Jared saw a video of a deafblind soccer fan with a sighted woman at a game

And the sighted companion was watching the game and moving his hands around on a game board

And so that process is called tactile signing. And it's really intuitive, but it's not an independent experience

This is the tactic. Feel that. It's, oh, it's, because there is a foul

So, let me take, there's a Brooklyn foul. And for fans like Brian, the device also allows him to bring his A-game

You're not really as lost of what's happening, and you actually know where the ball is going

You get to feel where the ball is going. You're like, oh, wow, oh, and they made a, oh, they made a free throw

We have partnered with Ticketmaster to bring these devices to fans free of charge

The Nets are the first pro team on the East Coast to pilot the technology

and on Sunday hosted a group from Visions, an organization that aims to help the visually impaired lead more independent lives

Obviously, nothing's going to replace the visual aspect, but this comes very close

Even if I can't see the court, I like being at a game

And, you know, like even I can't see the court or field, at least being part of the atmosphere and being part of the cheering section and, you know, booing the bad guys

Like that's part of the experience. I really enjoy that as a fan

That brings to other sporting events live. It's been fun, but this adds so much a layer of enjoyment to this. This is amazing

In Brooklyn for Sports Extra, I'm Jennifer Williams