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Multimodal virtual environment subserving the design of electronic orientation aids for the blind

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In the last few decades, a growing number of Electronic Orientation Aids (EOA) has been developed with the purpose of improving the autonomy of visually impaired people. However, the majority of those systems are not used by the blind due to limited usability. The main challenges to be addressed are about interaction and guidance. To address these issues, we designed a multimodal (input and output) Virtual Environment (VE) that simulates different interactions that could be used for space perception and guidance in an EOA. This platform subserves two goals: help designers to systematically test guidance strategies (i.e. for the development of new EOAs) and train blind people to use interactive EOAs, with an emphasis on cognitive mapping enhancement. In a multimodal VE, both objectives are assessed in a controlled, cost-effective, safe and flexible environment.

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Katz, B.F.G., Kammoun, S., Parseihian, G., Gutierrez, O., Brilhault, A., Auvray, M., Truillet, P., Denis, M., Thorpe, S., Jouffrais, C. Augmented reality guidance system for the visually impaired: Combining object localization, GNSS, and spatial audio. Virtual Reality, in press. 2012.

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    VRST '12: Proceedings of the 18th ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology
    December 2012
    226 pages
    ISBN:9781450314695
    DOI:10.1145/2407336

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    1. blind
    2. guidance
    3. multimodal interaction
    4. virtual environment

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