Exploration of Unknown Spaces by People Who are Blind Using a Multi-Sensory Virtual Environment

Journal of Special Education Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 15-23

  Lahav, Orly ^a   Mioduser, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646731477     PISSN: 01626434     EISSN: 23813121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016264340401900302     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Colwell C., Petrie H., Kornbrot D., (1998). Haptic virtual reality for blind computer users. Paper presented at the Assets ′98 Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Available in: http://phoenix.herts.ac.uk/sdru/pubs/VE/colwell.html.
2. Crandall W., Bentzen B.L., Myers L., Mitchell P., (1995). Transit accessibility improvement through talking signs remote infrared signage, a demonstration and evaluation. San Francisco, CA: The Smith-Ketlewell Eye research Institute, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center.
3. Darken R.P., Banker W. P., (1998). Navigating in natural environments: A virtual environment training transfer study. Paper presented at the IEEE Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium. Atlanta, GA.
4. Darken R.P., Peterson B., (2002). Spatial orientation, wayfinding and representation. In Stanney K. M., (Ed.), Handbook of virtual environments design, implementation, and applications (pp. 493–518). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
5. Dodson-Burk B., Hill E.W., (1989). Preschool orientation and mobility screening. A publication of division IX of the association for education and rehabilitation of the blind and visually impaired. New York, NY: American Foundation for the Blind.
6. Easton R.D., Bgentzen B.L., (1999). The effect of extended acoustic training on spatial updating in adults who are congenitally blind. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 93(7), 405–415.
7. Fritz J., Way T., Barner K., (1996). Haptic representation of scientific data for visually impaired or blind persons. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, CA.
8. Golledge R., Klatzky R., Loomis J., (1996). Cognitive mapping and wayfinding by adults without vision. In Portugali J., (Ed.), The construction of cognitive maps (pp. 215–246). The Netherlands: Kluwer.
9. Hill E., Rieser J., Hill M., Hill M., Halpin J., Halpin R., (1993). How persons with visual impairments explore novel spaces: Strategies of good and poor performers. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 295–301.
10. Jacobson W. H., (1993). The art and science of teaching orientation and mobility to persons with visual impairments. New York, NY: American Foundation for the Blind.
11. Jansson G., Fanger J., Konig H., Billberger K., (1998). Visually impaired persons' use of the PHANToM for information about texture and 3D form of virtual objects. In Salisbury J. K., Srinivasan M. A., (Ed.) Proceedings of the Third PHANToM Users Group Workshop, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
12. Loomis J. M., Klatzky R. L., Golledge R. G., (2001). Navigating without vision: Basic and applied research. Optometry and Vision Science, 78, 282–289.
13. Lynch K., (1960). The image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
14. Mioduser D., (in press). From real virtuality in Lascaux to virtual reality today: Cognitive processes with cognitive technologies. Educational Technology Review.
15. Schultheis M. T., Rizzo A. A., (2001). The application of virtual reality technology for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Psychology, 46(3), 296–311.
16. Sonn U., Tornquist K., Svensson E., (1999). The ADL taxonomy – from individual categorical data to ordinal categorical data. Scandinavian Journal of occupational therapy, 6, 11–20.
17. Standen P.J., Brown D.J., Cromby J.J., (2001). The effective use of virtual environments in the education and rehabilitation of students with intellectual disabilities. British Journal of Education Technology 32 (3) 289–299.
18. Ungar S., Blades M., Spencer S., (1996). The construction of cognitive maps by children with visual impairments. In Portugali J., (Ed.), The construction of cognitive maps (pp.247–273), The Netherlands: Kluwer.
19. Waller D., Hunt E., Knapp D., (1998). The transfer of spatial knowledge in virtual environment training. Presence: Teloperators and Virtual Environments 7(2), 129–143.
20. Warren D.H., Strelow E.R., (1985). Electronic spatial sensing for the blind. Boston: Martinus Nijhoff.
21. Witmer B.G., Bailey J. H., Knerr B. W., Parsons K.C., (1996). Virtual spaces and real world places: Transfer of route knowledge. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 45, 413–428.