An investigation into virtual objects learning by using haptic interface for visually impaired children

It is well known that visually impaired children have limited opportunities in learning new things compared to normal sighted children as visually impaired children do not have one of the important senses of human being. Computer simulated virtual reality environment can provide better opportunities...

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Main Authors: Chit, Su Mon *, Yap, Kian Meng *
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/95/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/95/1/ICS2011_05.pdf
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description It is well known that visually impaired children have limited opportunities in learning new things compared to normal sighted children as visually impaired children do not have one of the important senses of human being. Computer simulated virtual reality environment can provide better opportunities for visually impaired children especially in learning the shapes of new objects. An application utilizes the force feedback technology i.e. haptic, together with an aid of audio has been developed in this research project. This allows visually impaired users to have a better learning environment. It assists visually impaired children in learning the shapes of different objects and also memorizing the shapes of different objects. In addition, the program will help users to train their memory by memorizing the names of different objects together with the shapes. This creates a new application in a novel research area which will help the visually impaired children in their learning process.
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spelling sunway-952019-05-02T08:07:01Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/95/ An investigation into virtual objects learning by using haptic interface for visually impaired children Chit, Su Mon * Yap, Kian Meng * L Education (General) QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science QA76 Computer software It is well known that visually impaired children have limited opportunities in learning new things compared to normal sighted children as visually impaired children do not have one of the important senses of human being. Computer simulated virtual reality environment can provide better opportunities for visually impaired children especially in learning the shapes of new objects. An application utilizes the force feedback technology i.e. haptic, together with an aid of audio has been developed in this research project. This allows visually impaired users to have a better learning environment. It assists visually impaired children in learning the shapes of different objects and also memorizing the shapes of different objects. In addition, the program will help users to train their memory by memorizing the names of different objects together with the shapes. This creates a new application in a novel research area which will help the visually impaired children in their learning process. 2011-06 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/95/1/ICS2011_05.pdf Chit, Su Mon * and Yap, Kian Meng * (2011) An investigation into virtual objects learning by using haptic interface for visually impaired children. In: Symposium on Information & Computer Sciences (1st).
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Chit, Su Mon *
Yap, Kian Meng *
An investigation into virtual objects learning by using haptic interface for visually impaired children
title An investigation into virtual objects learning by using haptic interface for visually impaired children
title_full An investigation into virtual objects learning by using haptic interface for visually impaired children
title_fullStr An investigation into virtual objects learning by using haptic interface for visually impaired children
title_full_unstemmed An investigation into virtual objects learning by using haptic interface for visually impaired children
title_short An investigation into virtual objects learning by using haptic interface for visually impaired children
title_sort investigation into virtual objects learning by using haptic interface for visually impaired children
topic L Education (General)
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
QA76 Computer software
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/95/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/95/1/ICS2011_05.pdf