The Design and Evaluation of a Computer Game for the Blind in the GRAB Haptic Audio Virtual Environment
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This paper describes the development and evaluation of a computer game for blind and visually impaired people using a new haptic audio virtual environment (HAVE). The GRAB HAVE consists of a new two-finger haptic interface and Haptic Geometric Modeller which enables people to locate and interact with 3D computer-generated objects using their sense of touch and audio feedback. A simple 3D search and adventure game was developed and tested with fifteen blind participants in three countries. The results show that it is possible to create an enjoyable and immersive game using this approach. This offers hope for combating the exclusion of blind and visually impaired people from what is fast becoming one of the favourite leisure activities of the public.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003