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ColorBless: Augmenting Visual Information for Colorblind People with Binocular Luster Effect

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Muhammad Hammad,

Shengdong Zhao,

Karan SinghAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), Volume 21, Issue 6

Article No.: 32, Pages 1 - 20

https://doi.org/10.1145/2687923

Published: 14 January 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Binocular disparity allows interesting visual effects visible only to people with stereoscopic 3D displays. Here, we studied and applied one such effect, binocular luster, to the application of digital colorblind aids with active shutter 3D. We developed two prototype techniques, ColorBless and PatternBless, to investigate the effectiveness of such aids and to explore the potential applications of a luster effect in stereoscopic 3D beyond highlighting. User studies and interviews revealed that luster-based aids were fast and required lower cognitive effort than existing aids and were preferred over other aids by the majority of colorblind participants. We infer design implications of a luster effect from the study and propose potential applications in augmented visualization.

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ColorBless: Augmenting Visual Information for Colorblind People with Binocular Luster Effect
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
  2. Interaction design

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Published: 14 January 2015

Accepted: 01 October 2014

Revised: 01 October 2014

Received: 01 December 2013

Published in TOCHI Volume 21, Issue 6

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