Co-design of an AR Rehabilitation Task for People with Visual Impairment

Supervisors: Yong Joon Thoo, Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne

Student: Loris Bertschi

Project status: Finished

Year: 2023

Design exploration using new digital tools, such as Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, in the context of Visual Impairments has been done in recent years and has shown promise. This project continues expanding results in this domain by adapting an rehabilitation task for this population. Co-design was chosen as the approach as design needs are different and specific for Visually Impaired People. As such a Low Vision specialist designed the task in Augmented Reality with the author. At the end of the iterative construction process, the task was evaluated by other specialists, who evaluated that qualities present in the physical version seemed intact and expressed enthusiasm at the potential use for rehabilitation sessions. Future explorations need to ensure the accessibility of the task by the targeted audience and that progress is recorded using this tool in a rehabilitation process.

Document: report.pdf