People with visual impairments generally experience many barriers when visiting museum
exhibitions, given the ocular centricity of these institutions. The situation is worsened by a …

Contemporary museums are much more than places devoted to the placement and the
exhibition of collections and artworks; indeed, they are nowadays considered as a privileged …

The use of technology in cultural heritage sites for end-users, like virtual audio-visual
reconstructions, has become a common solution to improve the communication and …

This paper presents the Gentle/G integrated system for reach & grasp therapy retraining
following brain injury. The design, control and integration of an experimental grasp …

This paper outlines a study into the effects of co-location (the term 'co-location'is used
throughout to refer to the co-location of haptic and visual sensory modes, except where …

Historically the sense of touch has been used extensively to generate information for the
visually impaired person. This chapter surveys the underlying principles of haptics and the …

Virtual reality has been used in recent years for artistic expression and as a tool to engage
visitors by creating immersive experiences. Most of these immersive installations incorporate …

This paper presents a haptic telepresence system that enables visually impaired users to
explore locations with rich visual observation such as art galleries and museums by using a …

This work discusses the methodology for the design, development and deployment of a
virtual 19^ th-century Fish Curing Yard as an immersive museum installation. The museum …

This chapter reviews the philosophy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American
Indian (NMAI), Washington, DC, then explores a case study that illustrates how this …