Munyaradzi
Mzite

Braille-Eyes (Co-founder & Lead Developer)

Press Highlight

AU Students Unveil AI-Powered Braille-Eyes to help the Blind

• Built real-time object detection and obstacle avoidance using Python, OpenCV, and MiDAS on a Raspberry Pi 5.
• Won 2nd place at POTRAZ 2025 4IR Innovation Competition.
• Featured on ZBC National News and Diamond FM.

ZimVista (3D Digital Twin Platform)

ZimVista is a 3D Digital Twin platform that allows users to virtually explore real-world spaces before physically visiting them. Using 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), a simple smartphone video can be transformed into a photorealistic, navigable environment that feels closer to a video game than a traditional virtual tour. The platform is designed for universities, hotels, Airbnbs, rentals, event venues, shopping centres, and tourism destinations, helping users understand exactly what they are paying for before arrival.

• Converts ordinary smartphone videos into immersive 3D Gaussian Splatting environments.
• Allows prospective tenants, Airbnb guests, and tourists to inspect locations before arrival.
• Reduces spatial anxiety by enabling realistic virtual walkthroughs.
• Provides accessibility assessment for wheelchair users and individuals with mobility challenges.
• Creates digital twins for universities, businesses, hotels, and tourism destinations.

SCIF (SIM Contact Image Format)

SCIF is an experimental file format that demonstrates how grayscale image data can be stored inside SIM card contact records. The project explores constrained storage systems, custom file format design, and data serialization by implementing a complete encoding, decoding, verification, and reconstruction pipeline.

Using this approach I can store a 64x64 grayscale image in a sim card's contact storage, which is typically reserved for phonebook entries.

• Designed a custom .scif image file format from scratch.
• Built a complete encoder and decoder for grayscale image reconstruction.
• Simulated SIM card contact storage using fixed-length contact records.
• Implemented verification tools to ensure reconstruction integrity.
• Generated storage statistics including SIM usage and contact allocation.
• Released the first stable version (SCIF v1) as an open-source project.

HomeConnect (Diaspora Child Welfare Platform)

HomeConnect is a social impact platform designed to support Zimbabwean families separated by migration. The platform helps parents living abroad monitor the wellbeing of children left in the care of relatives while ensuring financial support reaches its intended purpose. Through collaboration with social workers, guardians, and parents, HomeConnect improves transparency, accountability, and communication, ensuring children receive the support they need despite geographical separation.

• Supports children whose parents are working outside Zimbabwe.
• Tracks welfare reports and living conditions through social worker assessments.
• Provides accountability and transparency for remitted funds.
• Enables communication between parents, guardians, and support personnel.
• Strengthens family connections despite geographical separation.