Supporting the development of spatial orientation skills of blind people using binaural sounds in VSR game

• Autorzy: Mikułowski Dariusz , Szuba Bartosz

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DOI

10.34739/si.2024.31.04

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Spatial orientation skills are crucial for the comfortable everyday functioning of blind individuals and affect their physical and mental well-being. Developing spatial orientation is usually carried out through traditional training courses without the support of electronic tools. Training them in a natural city environment, even under the supervision of an instructor, is often a very stressful process for the student. This paper proposes a solution for a simplified city space simulator created as a game using 3-dimensional binaural sounds. This simulator can be used at home to develop basic spatial orientation skills for blind people. While feedback from testing by three blind users was positive, the limited scope of this initial evaluation underscores the need for developing more advanced applications supporting the teaching of spatial orientation to blind users.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

blind users; binaural sounds; virtual sound reality; spatial orientation

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczo-Humanistycznego w Siedlcach
• Czasopismo: Studia Informatica : systems and information technology
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: vol. 2 (31)
• Strony: 49--60
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 26 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Mikułowski Dariusz

• University of Siedlce, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Computer Science, ul. 3 Maja 54, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4567-7846

autor

Szuba Bartosz

• University of Siedlce, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Computer Science, ul. 3 Maja 54, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7118-5907

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).