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Journal

1. O. Lahav, D. W. Schloerb, S. Kumar, and M. A. Srinivasan, (2008) "BlindAid: a Virtual Exploration Tool for People who are Blind" Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine Vol.6 pp 126-132

2. O. Lahav, D. W. Schloerb, S. Kumar, and M. A. Srinivasan (2011), "A virtual map to support people who are blind to navigate through real space". accepted for publication to Journal of Special Education Technlogy (JSET)

Conference

1. O. Lahav, D. W. Schloerb, S. Kumar, and M. A. Srinivasan, (2008). BlindAid: a Learning Environment for Enabling People who are Blind to Explore and Navigate through Unknown Real Spaces. Presented at Virtual Rehabilitation 2008, Vancouver, Canada.

Virtual Reality (VR) aids for the Blind: The BlindAid System

The BlindAid system, developed at the TouchLab, gives a blind user a means of interacting with virtual maps through a haptic stylus which provides him force feedback based on the objects he interacts with in the virtual environment. The user is also provided with audio feedback. The system can be thought of as a version of google maps where blind users can "feel" the maps as opposed to seeing it. 

Worked with: Dr. Orly Lahav, Dr. David Schloerb and Dr. Mandayam Srinivasan

Lahav et al, 2008

The goal of the project was to develop a user friendly system which allows people who are blind to explore and build cognitive maps of unknown virtual spaces through haptic exploration supported with audio feedback.

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