A patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) developed crytpococcal meningitis, complicated by papilledema and severe progressive visual loss despite medical therapy. Bilateral optic sheath fenestration resulted in significant improvement in vision and resolution of papilledema. Histopathologic evaluation of the optic nerve sheath demonstrated numerous cryptococci. Optic nerve sheat...

We describe two open source applications which we have experienced as very useful aids for the integration of people suffering from visual impairments, from hypovision to actual blindness. The first application is based on speech synthesis and has been experienced by disabled university students. The second experience is oriented to schoolchildren with low residual vision, and it provides their...

This paper describes a literature study concerning the representation of visual aids and cues in an Augmented Reality (AR) environment. An overview is given of current scientific knowledge about visual information display in 2Dand 3Dinterfaces that is specifically useful for current and future ARinterfaces. An important element is the peripheral sight, as this is one of the least explored possi...

This paper is motivated from the question if the use of spatial sounds enhances learning in multi-modal teaching aids. In a basic pilot study the consolidation of serial stimuli was tested for unimodal conditions (visual; auditory) and a bimodal condition (spatially congruent, audiovisual). In contrary to our hypothesis, the audiovisual condition did not show better results than the visual one....

SARA (Socially-Aware Robot Assistant) is an embodied intelligent personal assistant that analyses the user’s visual (head and face movement), vocal (acoustic features) and verbal (conversational strategies) behaviours to estimate its rapport level with the user, and uses its own appropriate visual, vocal and verbal behaviors to achieve task and social goals. The presented agent aids conference ...

Using visual aids is known as an effective teaching approach with which to support EFL learning. Existing research on the interaction of literature and fragmented lacks a systematic overview. To address this gap, current study conducted scoping review in order provide full knowledge use classes. This synthesis provided overview instructional strategies using teaching, also included student feed...