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Degraded reality: Using VR/AR to simulate visual impairments

Jones, P. R. ORCID: 0000-0001-7672-8397 & Ometto, G. (2018). Degraded reality: Using VR/AR to simulate visual impairments. In: 2018 IEEE Workshop on Augmented and Virtual Realities for Good (VAR4Good). 2018 IEEE Workshop on Augmented and Virtual Realities for Good (VAR4Good), 18 March 2018, Reutlingen, Germany. doi: 10.1109/VAR4GOOD.2018.8576885

Abstract

The effects of eye disease cannot be depicted accurately using traditional media. Consequently, public understanding of eye disease is often poor. We present a VR/AR system for simulating common visual impairments, including disability glare, spatial distortions (Metamorphopsia), the selective blurring and filling-in of information across the visual field, and color vision deficits. Unlike most existing simulators, the simulations are informed by patients' self-reported symptoms, can be quantitatively manipulated to provide custom disease profiles, and support gaze-contingent presentation (i.e., when using a VR/AR headset that contains eye-tracking technology, such as the Fove0). Such a simulator could be used as a teaching/empathy aid, or as a tool for evaluating the accessibility of new products and environments.

Publication Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Publisher Keywords: Visualization, Kernel, Image color analysis, Diseases, Distortion, Augmented reality, Retina
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
R Medicine > RE Ophthalmology
Departments: School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Optometry & Visual Sciences
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