Abstract
Sensitization procedures often make use of the simulation of visual impairments (VI). The use of Virtual Reality (VR) is particularly promising due to easy modification of the visual scenery and the high level of immersion. Existing implementations often focus on the demonstration of difficulties that arise from VI and do not embed the simulation into a structured sensitization procedure—they provide no information about adaptive behaviors, adaptations to the environment, or assistive technologies that can mitigate the problems experienced in the simulation. This can foster stereotypes of persons with VI as not being able to perform activities of daily living rather than sensitize with regard to their actual experiences. In this work, we co-designed a VR tool for professional sensitization sessions with a group of four sensitization instructors. The tool provides a large number of scripted interactions with the environment and allows the selective activation of different VI, barriers, and facilitators. Its design prioritizes the communication of solutions over the mere demonstration of what persons with VI cannot see.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Vie Ma Vue. https://www.reseau-canope.fr/vis-ma-vue/. Accessed 2020
Zimmerman Kit. www.lowvisionsimulationkit.com/. Accessed 2020
Aballéa, S., Tsuchiya, A.: Seeing for yourself: feasibility study towards valuing vi using simulation spectacles. Health Econ. 16(5), 537–543 (2007)
Ai, Z., et al.: Simulation of eye diseases in a virtual environment (2000)
Barney, K.W.: The effect of two disability-awareness training models on stigmatizing attitudes among future healthcare professionals. The University of Utah (2011)
Boumenir, Y., Kadri, A., Suire, N., Mury, C., Klinger, E.: Impact of simulated low vision on perception and action. IJCHHD 7(4), 441 (2014)
Delić, V., Vujnović Sedlar, N.: Stereo presentation and binaural localization in a memory game for the visually impaired. In: Esposito, A., Campbell, N., Vogel, C., Hussain, A., Nijholt, A. (eds.) Development of Multimodal Interfaces: Active Listening and Synchrony. LNCS, vol. 5967, pp. 354–363. Springer, Heidelberg (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12397-9_31
Fougeyrollas, P., Boucher, N., Edwards, G., Grenier, Y., Noreau, L.: The disability creation process model: a comprehensive explanation of disabling situations as a guide to developing policy and service programs. Scand. J. Disabil. Res. 21(1), 25–37 (2019)
Gaudy, T., Natkin, S., Leprado, C., Dilger, T., Archambault, D.: Tampokme: a multi-users audio game accessible to visually and motor impaired people. In: CGAMES 20007, France. IEEE (2007). https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01125391
Giudice, N.A.: Navigating without vision: principles of blind spatial cognition. In: Handbook of behavioral and cognitive geography. Edward Elgar Publishing (2018)
Hogervorst, M., Van Damme, W.: Visualizing VI. Gerontechnology 5(4), 208 (2006)
Houwen, S., Visscher, C., Lemmink, K., Hartman, E.: Motor skill performance of school-age children with VI. Dev. Med. Child Neurol. 50(2), 139 (2008)
Klinger, E., Boumenir, Y., Kadri, A., Mury, C., Suire, N., Aubin, P.: Perceptual abilities in case of low vision, using a VR environment. In: ICVR, p. 63. IEEE (2013)
Lewis, J., Brown, D., Cranton, W., Mason, R.: Simulating VI using the unreal engine 3 game engine. In: SeGAH, pp. 1–8. IEEE (2011)
Maxhall, M., Backman, A., Holmlund, K., Hedman, L., Sondell, B., Bucht, G.: Participants responses to a stroke training simulator, vol. 4 (2002)
Silverman, A.M.: The perils of playing blind: problems with blindness simulation and a better way to teach about blindness. Braille Monit. 60(6), 341–350 (2017)
Thévin, L., Machulla, T.: Three common misconceptions about VI. In: Demon 3DUI Contest IEEE VR (2020)
Velázquez, R., Sánchez, C.N., Pissaloux, E.E.: vi simulator based on the hadamard product. Electr. Notes Theor. Comput. Sci. 329, 169–179 (2016)
West, S.K., Rubin, G.S., Broman, A.T., Munoz, B., Bandeen-Roche, K., Turano, K.: How does VI affect performance on tasks of everyday life?: the see project. Arch. Ophthalmol. 120(6), 774–780 (2002)
Acknowledgments
We thank IRSA - Alfred Peyrelongue Center and all their staff. We thank UNADEV for their support and funding.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2022 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Thevin, L., Machulla, T. (2022). Visual Impairment Sensitization: Co-Designing a Virtual Reality Tool with Sensitization Instructors. In: Miesenberger, K., Kouroupetroglou, G., Mavrou, K., Manduchi, R., Covarrubias Rodriguez, M., Penáz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP-AAATE 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13342. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08645-8_28
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08645-8_28
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-08644-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-031-08645-8
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)