scholarly journals Hungry Cat—A Serious Game for Conveying Spatial Information to the Visually Impaired

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Chai ◽  
Bee Lau ◽  
Zheng Pan
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Spatial Navigation ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Game Playing ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Orientation And Mobility ◽  
Mobility Training ◽  
Positive Results

Navigation is done through obtaining spatial information from the environment and forming a spatial map about it. The visually impaired rely mainly on orientation and mobility training by a certified specialist to acquire spatial navigation skills. However, it is manpower intensive and costly. This research designed and developed a serious game, Hungry Cat. This game can convey spatial information of virtual rooms to children with visual impairment through game playing. An evaluation with 30 visually impaired participants was conducted by allowing them to explore each virtual room in Hungry Cat. After exploration, the food finding test, which is a game mode available in Hungry Cat, was conducted, followed by the physical wire net test to evaluate their ability in forming the spatial mental maps of the virtual rooms. The positive results of the evaluation obtained demonstrate the ability of Hungry Cat, in conveying spatial information about virtual rooms and aiding the development of spatial mental maps of these rooms through game playing.

Diabetes and Orientation and Mobility Training: An Added Challenge

1995 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Kozel
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Insulin Hypoglycemia ◽  
Orientation And Mobility ◽  
Mobility Training

This article explores issues related to working with visually impaired clients with diabetes, such as the effects of insulin, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, the timing of training, complications to the feet, and fluctuations in vision. It stresses that adjustment to diabetes is a far greater problem than adjustment to visual impairment and requires clients to make major changes in their lifestyles.

scholarly journals Creating a serious game for people with visual impairment with an emphasis on adopting the smartphone

2020 ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
María D. R. Peralta Calvo ◽  
Yusmar A Flores Alvarado ◽  
Carlos M Santibáñez Camarillo
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Study Phase ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Visual Disabilities ◽  
Screen Readers ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
First Contact ◽  
The Impact

A great number of benefits that technology provides are accessed by a smartphone, in order to use it, it is necessary to know how to use the screen readers. However, the use of technology should not be limited by not seeing, not hearing or not being able to touch any technological device. There is currently a gap between people with visual impairment and technology. Despite the existence of a large number of projects that aim to reduce this gap in Mexico, it has not been consistently reduced. This motivates us to develop contributions in this area, so that people with visual disabilities enjoy the same benefits as sighted people. This paper aims to provide a literature review derived from the study phase and an outline of the design phase in the application of the User-Centered Design methodology. This methodology guides the development of a serious game project that will support visually impaired children in their first contact with a smartphone. The bibliographic review that is presented here has allowed us to contextualize and understand the impact of technological contributions and projects for the visually impaired.

scholarly journals The Use of Light Rail or Light Rapid Transit Systems by Individuals with Severe Visual Impairments

1994 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Svendsen
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Light Rail ◽  
Rail Transit ◽  
Light Rail Transit ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Transit Systems ◽  
Orientation And Mobility ◽  
Mobility Training ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between use of light rapid or light rail transit (LRT) systems by persons with severe visual impairments and independence in orientation and mobility. It found that orientation and mobility training on LRT systems would resolve many of the difficulties that users of the systems encountered. Modification that would make the systems more easily accessible to visually impaired travelers are suggested.

Mobility Options for Visually Impaired Persons with Diabetes: Considerations for Orientation and Mobility Instructors

1998 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Milligan
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Complications Of Diabetes ◽  
Orientation And Mobility ◽  
Mobility Training ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

This article describes ocular and other complications of diabetes that orientation and mobility instructors should consider in determining the most appropriate mobility training for persons with diabetes who are visually impaired. It compares the benefits of using dog guides and long canes in dealing with these various complications.

Visual Impairment and Rehabilitation Needs of Nursing Home Residents

1995 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Horowitz ◽  
E. Balistreri ◽  
C. Stuen ◽  
R. Fangmeier
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Staten Island ◽  
Rehabilitation Training ◽  
Orientation And Mobility ◽  
Rehabilitation Needs

This article reports on the prevalence and rehabilitation needs of visually impaired residents of nursing homes, based on optometric examinations of 136 residents of a nursing home in Staten Island, NY. The results indicate that about half the residents were at least moderately visually impaired and almost one-third were potential candidates for low vision assessments, or rehabilitation training, or orientation and mobility services.

Investigating Stress Associated with Mobility Training through Consumer Discussion Groups

1993 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 111-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Seybold
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
Orientation And Mobility ◽  
Mobility Training ◽  
Welfare Workers

Anxieties that people who are visually impaired experience about orientation and mobility (O&M) training are universal and long-standing problems. Discussions with consumers were conducted by O&M instructors and participating welfare workers to identify how people perceived the stressful influences and what strategies could be developed to overcome them.

scholarly journals ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN RELATION TO CHRONOLOGICAL AGE AND GENDER

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-72
Author(s):  
Dzenana Radzo Alibegovic ◽  
◽  
Sevala Tulumovic ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Orientation And Mobility ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Visually Impaired Children

The aim of this study was to examine the orientation and mobility in children with visual impairment in relation to gender and chronological age. The study included a sample of 35 respondents with visual impairment, aged between 7 and 15. The research was conducted in Sarajevo at the “Centre for Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Youth - Nedžarići” (Bosnian: Centar za slijepu i slabovidnu djecu i omladinu Nedžarići). The results of the research showed that there were statistically significant differences in relation to chronological age obtained on the variables “orientation indoors and in buildings” and “orientation in the yard”, and that there is a relation between orientation and mobility and chronological age on the variables “orientation indoors and in buildings” and “orientation in the yard”. Gender has no significant effect on the orientation and mobility abilities of visually impaired students.

Accessibility and Mobility of Persons who are Visually Impaired: A Historical Analysis

1995 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 417-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.B. Blasch ◽  
K.A. Stuckey
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Orientation And Mobility ◽  
Mobility Training

Traveling without sight presents challenges and, for some individuals, significant limitations. This article traces the historical development of two movements—orientation and mobility training and environmental modifications to increase access—that strive to reduce those limitations.

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