Title
Virtual Navigation for Blind People: Transferring Route Knowledge to the Real-World
Abstract
•Blind people can use virtual navigation to quickly learn real-world short routes.•Most users gained comprehensive knowledge of all routes within three sessions.•Virtual navigation allowed users to complete 60-meter real-world routes unassisted.•When receiving in-situ navigation assistance users rely less on prior knowledge.•Some users took advantage of the knowledge acquired virtually to recover from errors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1016/j.ijhcs.2019.102369
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Keywords
Field
DocType
Virtual environment,Indoor navigation,Route knowledge,Accessibility,Assistive technologies,Orientation and mobility,Travel aids
Computer science,Navigation system,Human–computer interaction,Spatial knowledge
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
135
1071-5819
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
João Guerreiro16117.87
Daisuke Sato232940.09
Dragan Ahmetovic316621.09
Eshed Ohn-Bar428223.09
Kris M. Kitani563072.32
Chieko Asakawa691186.45