Authors:
Florian von Zabiensky
and
Diethelm Bienhaus
Affiliation:
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen and University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Keyword(s):
Electronic Travel Aid, Framework, Distributed System, Human Computer Interface, Simulation, Visual Impaired.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Collaborative Systems
;
Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Robotics and Automation
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Virtual Environment, Virtual and Augmented Reality
Abstract:
Electronic Travel Aids (ETA) help visually impaired people to avoid obstacles. In the ETA area new user interfaces
and interaction modes are investigated. Due to increasing hardware and software complexity used in
modern ETA there is an increasing demand for simulation tool to facilitate development processes. Such tools
enable testing of larger varieties of user experiences in shorter time. In the field of acoustic virtual displays
capabilities of different sounds and psychoacoustic phenomena to display three-dimensional sound have to
be evaluated. Different simulators make it difficult to compare research results. To facilitate comparability
between different approaches an ETA framework is introduced in this work. The framework includes a simulator
which allows research groups to perform experiments with their specific interfaces. Due to the same
underlying simulation environment results of various groups are comparable. Using a framework would make
algorithms or devices f
rom different research groups be directly usable for others. In this position paper the
development of such a framework is reasoned and the basic requirements on such a framework are proposed.
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