Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• X-Road: Virtual Reality Glasses for Orientation and Mobility Training of People with Visual Impairments

  Lauren Thevin, Carine Briant, Anke M. Brock (2020) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper presents X-Road, an affordable and accessible virtual reality system designed for Orientation and Mobility (O&M) training of students with visual impairments. O&M classes teach essential navigation skills like crossing streets, but real-wo…

  • virtual reality
  • orientation and mobility
  • visual impairment
  • spatial cognition
  • accessible VR
  • participatory design
  • O&M training
  • 3D audio

• O&M Indoor Virtual Environments for People Who Are Blind: A Systematic Literature Review

  Agebson Rocha Façanha, Ticianne Darin, Windson Viana, Jaime Sánchez (2020) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This systematic literature review examines virtual environments designed to support indoor orientation and mobility (O&M) training for people who are blind. The authors analyzed 51 papers describing 32 distinct O&M virtual environments, filtering fro…

  • orientation and mobility
  • O&M training
  • virtual environments
  • blindness
  • visual impairment
  • spatial audio
  • haptic feedback
  • wayfinding
  • mental maps
  • systematic review