Recent statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), published in October 2017,
estimate that more than 253 million people worldwide suffer from visual impairment (VI) with …

The'bionic eye'—so long a dream of the future—is finally becoming a reality with retinal
prostheses available to patients in both the US and Europe. However, clinical experience …

Previous research on games for people with visual impairment (PVI) has focused on co-
designing or evaluating specific games-mostly under controlled conditions. In this research …

Education for those who are visually impaired usually relies on modified materials and
unique teaching methods. Nonetheless, the advent of Extended Reality marks a …

We review here studies with visual and auditory deprived/recovery populations to argue for
the need of a redefinition of the crucial role of unisensory-specific experiences during critical …

This chapter reviews the most recent advances in sensory substitution and the neural
correlates of navigation in congenital blindness. Studies have established the superior …

Purpose In this study, we investigate to what degree augmented reality technology can be
used to create and evaluate a visual-to-auditory sensory substitution device to improve the …

Although most readers associate the term virtual reality (VR) with visually appealing
entertainment content, this technology also promises to be helpful to disadvantaged people …

The graphics-intensive nature of most virtual environments (VEs) prevents many people with
visual impairment from being able to successfully explore them. A percentage of the …

Blind or low-vision (BLV) individuals often have reduced independent mobility, yet new aids
fails in increasing it, are not adopted enough, or both. A major cause is a severe deficiency …