Designing a Virtual Environment to Evaluate Multimodal Sensors for Assisting the Visually Impaired

We describe how to design a virtual environment using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio in order to evaluate multimodal sensors for assisting visually impaired people in daily tasks such as navigation and orientation. The work focuses on the design of the interfaces of sensors and stimulators in t...

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Published inComputers Helping People with Special Needs pp. 573 - 580
Main Authors Khoo, Wai L., Seidel, Eric L., Zhu, Zhigang
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Impaired People
Obstacle Detection
Sonar Sensor
Virtual Environment
Virtual Reality
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ISBN9783642315336
364231533X
ISSN0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI10.1007/978-3-642-31534-3_84

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Summary:We describe how to design a virtual environment using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio in order to evaluate multimodal sensors for assisting visually impaired people in daily tasks such as navigation and orientation. The work focuses on the design of the interfaces of sensors and stimulators in the virtual environment for future subject experimentation. We discuss what type of sensors we have simulated and define some non-classical interfaces to interact with the environment and get feedback from it. We also present preliminary results for feasibility by showing experimental results on volunteer test subjects, concluding with a discussion of potential future directions.
ISBN:9783642315336
364231533X
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-31534-3_84