Spatial navigation in the absence of vision has been investigated from a variety of
perspectives and disciplines. These different approaches have progressed our …

Sensory substitution devices (SSDs) have come a long way since first developed for visual
rehabilitation. They have produced exciting experimental results, and have furthered our …

For most sighted people, navigating from place to place is a fundamental component of daily
life, performed without much conscious thought or active attention (Merleau-Ponty 1962). If …

Current Virtual Reality (VR) technologies focus on rendering visuospatial effects, and thus
are inaccessible for blind or low vision users. We examine the use of a novel white cane …

Vibrotactile feedback can be effectively applied to motor (physical) learning in virtual
environments, as it can provide task-intrinsic and augmented feedback to users, assisting …

An exciting possibility for compensating for loss of sensory function is to augment deficient
senses by conveying missing information through an intact sense. Here we present an …

Under certain specific conditions people who are blind have a perception of space that is
equivalent to that of sighted individuals. However, in most cases their spatial perception is …

There is a need for adaptive technology to enhance indoor wayfinding by visually-impaired
people. To address this need, we have developed and tested a Digital Sign System. The …

Language is a marvelous tool for communication, but it is greatly overrated as a tool for
thought. This volume documents the many ways pictures, visual images, and spatial …

This chapter reviews the most recent advances in sensory substitution and the neural
correlates of navigation in congenital blindness. Studies have established the superior …