Paper Info
Title
HoloLearn: Wearable Mixed Reality for People with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD).
Abstract
Our research explores the potential of wearable Mixed Reality (MR) for people with Neuro-Developmental Disorders (NDD). The paper presents HoloLearn, a MR application designed in cooperation with NDD experts and implemented using HoloLens technology. The goal of HoloLearn is to help people with NDD learn how to perform simple everyday tasks in domestic environments and improve autonomy. An original feature of the system is the presence of a virtual assistant devoted to capture the user's attention and to give her/him hints during task execution in the MR environment. We performed an exploratory study involving 20 subjects with NDD to investigate the acceptability and usability of HoloLearn and its potential as a therapeutic tool. HoloLearn was well-accepted by the participants and the activities in the MR space were perceived as enjoyable, despite some usability problems associated to HoloLens interaction mechanism. More extensive and long term empirical research is needed to validate these early results, but our study suggests that HoloLearn could be adopted as a complement to more traditional interventions. Our work, and the lessons we learned, may help designers and developers of future MR applications devoted to people with NDD and to other people with similar needs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1145/3234695.3236351
ASSETS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Augmented Reality,Mixed Reality,HoloLens,Holograms,Neuro-developmental Disorders,Virtual assistant
Psychological intervention,Wearable computer,Computer science,Usability,Autonomy,Augmented reality,Human–computer interaction,Mixed reality,Exploratory research,Multimedia,Empirical research
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-5650-3
2
0.43
References 
Authors
11
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Beatrice Aruanno141.55
Franca Garzotto21245203.98
Emanuele Torelli321.44
Francesco Vona440.80