Thursday 23 April 2015

Collision avoidance devices for the visually impaired

SMART GLASSES TO ENHANCE VISION
Researchers at Oxford University, UK, have developed "Residual Vision Glasses" (RVGs) or "Smart Glasses" to help people with vision impairment avoid obstacles and see the world more clearly.

Led by Dr Stephen Hicks, the most recent work using these glasses was published in this abstract presented as a poster at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

The movie below is a news article describing and showing the glasses. More information is available at www.assisted-vision.com.


A WEARABLE DEVICE FOR OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE
Massachusetts Eye and Ear are developing a different device to help people with vision impairment avoid collisions.  You wear it on your clothes and it beeps when you're in danger of walking into something. They've done a pilot study in people with tunnel vision and hemianopia, presented as this abstract at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

Here's a man using the device to walk through some inflatable palm trees!


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