A Mixed Reality Guidance System for Blind and Visually Impaired People

Hannah Schieber; Constantin Kleinbeck; Charlotte Pradel; Luisa Theelke; Daniel Roth

doi:10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00214

A Mixed Reality Guidance System for Blind and Visually Impaired People

Hannah Schieber, Constantin Kleinbeck, Charlotte Pradel, Luisa Theelke, Daniel Roth

Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Abstract

Persons affected by blindness or visual impairments are challenged by spatially understanding unfamiliar environments. To obtain such understanding, they have to sense their environment closely and carefully. Especially objects outside the sensing area of analog assistive devices, such as a white cane, are simply not perceived and can be the cause of collisions. This project proposes a mixed reality guidance system that aims at preventing such problems. We use object detection and the 3D sensing capabilities of a mixed reality head mounted device to inform users about their spatial surroundings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	726-727
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665484022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00214
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022 - Virtual, Online, New Zealand Duration: 12 Mar 2022 → 16 Mar 2022

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Name	Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022

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Conference	2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022
Country/Territory	New Zealand
City	Virtual, Online
Period	12/03/22 → 16/03/22

Keywords

Accessibility
Accessibility systems and tools
Human computer interaction (HCI)
Human-centered computing
Human-centered computing
Interaction paradigms
Mixed/augmented reality

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Schieber, H., Kleinbeck, C., Pradel, C., Theelke, L., & Roth, D. (2022). A Mixed Reality Guidance System for Blind and Visually Impaired People. In Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022 (pp. 726-727). (Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00214

Schieber, Hannah ; Kleinbeck, Constantin ; Pradel, Charlotte et al. / A Mixed Reality Guidance System for Blind and Visually Impaired People. Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. pp. 726-727 (Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022).

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Schieber, H, Kleinbeck, C, Pradel, C, Theelke, L & Roth, D 2022, A Mixed Reality Guidance System for Blind and Visually Impaired People. in Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022. Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 726-727, 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022, Virtual, Online, New Zealand, 12/03/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00214

A Mixed Reality Guidance System for Blind and Visually Impaired People. / Schieber, Hannah; Kleinbeck, Constantin; Pradel, Charlotte et al.
Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. p. 726-727 (Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022).

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Schieber H, Kleinbeck C, Pradel C, Theelke L, Roth D. A Mixed Reality Guidance System for Blind and Visually Impaired People. In Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2022. p. 726-727. (Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022). doi: 10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00214

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