Broadening Our View: Assistive Technology for Cerebral Visual Impairment

Bhanuka Gamage; Leona Holloway; Nicola McDowell; Thanh Toan Do; Nicholas Price; Arthur Lowery; Kim Marriott

doi:10.1145/3613905.3650740

Broadening Our View: Assistive Technology for Cerebral Visual Impairment

Bhanuka Gamage
, Leona Holloway
, Nicola McDowell
, Thanh Toan Do
, Nicholas Price
, Arthur Lowery
, Kim Marriott

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Over the past decade, considerable research has been directed towards assistive technologies to support people with vision impairments using machine learning, computer vision, image enhancement, and/or augmented/virtual reality. However, this has almost totally overlooked a growing demographic: people with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI). Unlike Ocular Vision Impairments (OVI), CVI arises from damage to the brain's visual processing centres. This paper introduces CVI and reveals a wide research gap in addressing the needs of this demographic. Through a scoping review, we identified 14 papers at the intersection of these technologies and CVI. Of these, only three papers described assistive technologies focused on people living with CVI, with the others focusing on diagnosis, understanding, simulation or rehabilitation. Our findings highlight the opportunity for the Human-Computer Interaction and Assistive Technologies research community to explore and address this underrepresented domain, thereby enhancing the quality of life for people with CVI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems
Editors	Julie R. Williamson, Corina Sas
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400703317
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3650740
Publication status	Published - 2024
Event	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2024: Surfing the World - Hybrid, Honolulu, United States of America Duration: 11 May 2024 → 16 May 2024 https://chi2024.acm.org/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3613904 (proceedings) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3613905 (Extended Abstracts)

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2024
Abbreviated title	CHI 2024
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	Honolulu
Period	11/05/24 → 16/05/24
Internet address	https://chi2024.acm.org/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3613904 (proceedings) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3613905 (Extended Abstracts)

Keywords

assistive devices
augmented reality
cerebral visual impairment
computer vision
machine learning
virtual reality

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Gamage, B., Holloway, L., McDowell, N., Do, T. T., Price, N., Lowery, A., & Marriott, K. (2024). Broadening Our View: Assistive Technology for Cerebral Visual Impairment. In J. R. Williamson, & C. Sas (Eds.), Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems Article 64 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3650740

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Gamage, B, Holloway, L, McDowell, N, Do, TT , Price, N, Lowery, A & Marriott, K 2024, Broadening Our View: Assistive Technology for Cerebral Visual Impairment. in J R. Williamson & C Sas (eds), Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems., 64, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, 11/05/24. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3650740

Broadening Our View: Assistive Technology for Cerebral Visual Impairment. / Gamage, Bhanuka; Holloway, Leona; McDowell, Nicola et al.
Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems. ed. / Julie R. Williamson; Corina Sas. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2024. 64.

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