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VibroVision: An On-Body Tactile Image Guide for the Blind

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Philipp Wacker,

Chat Wacharamanotham,

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CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 3788 - 3791

https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2890254

Published: 07 May 2016 Publication History

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Today, persons with a visual impairment use a cane to explore their surroundings and sense objects in their vicinity. While electronic aids have been proposed to aid them, they communicate limited information or require a fixed position. We propose VibroVision, a vest that projects information about the area in front of the wearer onto her abdomen in the form of a two-dimensional tactile image rendered by an array of vibration motors. This vest enables the user to sense features such as shape, position, and distance of objects in front of her.

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1. Human-centered computing
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CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2016

3954 pages

ISBN:9781450340823

DOI:10.1145/2851581

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