A Simulation and Training Platform for Remote-Sighted Assistance
Xuantuo Huang, Rong Zhang, Yancheng Li, Bingao Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Jingjing Xu, Shengyong Xu · 2024
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Description
Xuantuo Huang and co-authors build, in a 2024 paper, a virtual training ground for sighted helpers who guide blind people from afar. In remote-sighted assistance, a helper watches live video and sends coded vibration commands, but video delay and imperfect execution make guiding hard to learn on real people.
Their platform, built in the Unreal Engine, simulates a visually impaired person following instructions in a realistic space. Helpers practice the vibration command set safely until it becomes fluent. Trained agents then guided people along the same route about thirty-two percent faster, with over half fewer bumps into surroundings, than untrained novices. The simulator offers cheap, repeatable practice.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xuantuo Huang, Rong Zhang, Yancheng Li, Bingao Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Jingjing Xu, Shengyong Xu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |