From birth, vision guides our movement, facilitates social interaction and accords recognition
and understanding of the environment. In children, vision underpins development of these …

The ability to travel (independently) is very important for participation in education, work,
leisure activities, and all other aspects of modern life. Blind and partially sighted people …

Recognizing emotions during social interactions has many potential applications with the
popularization of low-cost mobile sensors, but a challenge remains with the lack of …

Social Virtual Reality (VR) is growing for remote socialization and collaboration. However,
current social VR applications are not accessible to people with visual impairments (PVI) …

Gaze behaviors contain rich information regarding a person's emotions and engagements.
Reciprocal eye contact can invoke feelings of liking between two strangers. But blind people …

Many individuals with visual impairments have residual vision that often remains underused
by assistive technologies. Head-mounted augmented reality (AR) devices can provide …

Visual impairment affects the normal course of activities in everyday life including mobility,
education, employment, and social interaction. Most of the existing technical solutions …

During the design, it is important to evaluate the user experience of representative users in
many human product interactions. But, in some cases, it is difficult or even impossible to …

Wearable haptic assistive devices can provide tactile information to visually impaired people
(VIP) to support independent living. However, electromechanical haptic feedback has a …

Over the past decade, the advancements in force-feedback (haptic) systems, facilitated the
inclusion of the tactile communication channel in a variety of user interfaces. Tactile sensors …