An emerging class of interactive wearable cognitive assistance applications is poised to
become one of the key demonstrators of edge computing infrastructure. In this paper, we …

The ability to travel (independently) is very important for participation in education, work,
leisure activities, and all other aspects of modern life. Blind and partially sighted people …

Background: Wearable technologies provide users hands-free access to computer functions
and are becoming increasingly popular on both the consumer market and in various …

Social Virtual Reality (VR) is growing for remote socialization and collaboration. However,
current social VR applications are not accessible to people with visual impairments (PVI) …

In this paper, we introduce a real-time face recognition (and announcement) system targeted
at aiding the blind and low-vision people. The system uses a Microsoft Kinect sensor as a …

Recognizing others is a major challenge for people with visual impairments (VIPs) and can
hinder engagement in social activities. We present Accessibility Bot, a research prototype …

Camera-based assistive technologies can provide people with visual impairments (PVIs)
visually derived information about people in their vicinity. Furthermore, the advent of smart …

The number of people experiencing vision loss has been increasing rapidly, leading to great
interest in assistive technologies research. Together with the emergence of wearable …

The emergence of augmented reality and computer vision based tools offer new
opportunities to visually impaired persons (VIPs). Solutions that help VIPs in social …

Camera based assistive technologies such as smart glasses can provide people with visual
impairments (PVIs) information about people in their vicinity. Although such 'visually …