VR Training to Facilitate Blind Photography for Navigation

Date & Time

Friday, March 17, 2023 - 10:20 AM PST  

Location

Platinum 2  

Description

This session describes how blind people use a camera in smartphone-based navigation apps, and the challenges they face using a camera for this purpose. It also describes a novel virtual reality-based training environment to address these challenges.  

Audience

• Information & Communications Technology
• Disability Specific
• Research & Development

Audience Level

Intermediate  

Session Summary (Abstract)

 

Primary Topic

Blind/Low Vision  

Secondary Topics

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML)
• Independent Living
• Mobile Technology
• Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), & Cross/Mixed Reality (XR)

 

Session Type

Journal Track  

Presenters

• Jonggi Hong
  Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
• James Coughlan
  Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

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