AR4VI: AR as an Accessibility Tool for People with Visual Impairments

Although AR technology has been largely dominated by visual media, a number of AR tools using both visual and auditory feedback have been developed specifically to assist people with low vision or blindness - an application domain that we term Augmented Reality for Visual Impairment (AR4VI). We desc...

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Published in:2017 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR-Adjunct) 2017-10, Vol.2017, p.288-292
Main Authors: Coughlan, James M., Miele, Joshua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
accessibility
blindness
Fingers
Haptics
Image enhancement
low vision
Navigation
tactile graphics
Three-dimensional displays
visual impairment
Visualization
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Summary:Although AR technology has been largely dominated by visual media, a number of AR tools using both visual and auditory feedback have been developed specifically to assist people with low vision or blindness - an application domain that we term Augmented Reality for Visual Impairment (AR4VI). We describe two AR4VI tools developed at Smith-Kettlewell, as well as a number of pre-existing examples. We emphasize that AR4VI is a powerful tool with the potential to remove or significantly reduce a range of accessibility barriers. Rather than being restricted to use by people with visual impairments, AR4VI is a compelling universal design approach offering benefits for mainstream applications as well.
ISSN:1554-7868
2473-0726
DOI:10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct.2017.89