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VibroVision: An on-body tactile image guide for the blind

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2016
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Wacker, P., Wacharamanotham, C., Spelmezan, D., Thar, J., Sánchez, D. A., Bohne, R., & Borchers, J. (2016). VibroVision: An on-body tactile image guide for the blind. 3788–3791. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2890254

Abstract

Abstract

Abstract

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 fron

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Event Title

Event Title

Event Title
CHI '16 EA: Extended Abstracts of 2016 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing

Event Location

Event Location

Event Location
San Jose

Event Country

Event Country

Event Country
CA, USA

Event Start Date

Event Start Date

Event Start Date
2016-05-07

Event End Date

Event End Date

Event End Date
2016-05-12

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Publisher

Publisher

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3788

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3791

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Scope

Scope

Scope
Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

Language

Language

Language
English

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Date available
2016-06-02

ISBN or e-ISBN

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978-1-4503-4082-3

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OA Status
Green

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merlin-id:13241

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Wacker, P., Wacharamanotham, C., Spelmezan, D., Thar, J., Sánchez, D. A., Bohne, R., & Borchers, J. (2016). VibroVision: An on-body tactile image guide for the blind. 3788–3791. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2890254

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