Mobile Location-Based Games to support Orientation & Mobility Training for Visually Impaired Students

Georg Regal; Elke Mattheiss; David Sellitsch; Manfred Tscheligi

doi:10.1145/3229434.3229472

Mobile Location-Based Games to support Orientation & Mobility Training for Visually Impaired Students

Georg Regal (Speaker), Elke Mattheiss, David Sellitsch, Manfred Tscheligi

Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Proceedings › Conference Proceedings with Oral Presentation › peer-review

Abstract

Orientation and Mobility (O&M) training is an important aspect in the education of visually impaired students. In this work we present a scavenger hunt-like location-based game to support O&M training. In two comparative studies with blind and partially sighted students and interviews with teachers we investigate if a mobile game played in the real world is a suitable approach to support O&M training and if a mobile location-based O&M training game is preferred over a game played in a virtual world. Our results show that a mobile location-based game is a fruitful approach to support O&M training for visually impaired students, and that a mobile location based game is preferred over playing in a virtual world. Based on the gathered insights we discuss implications for using mobile location-based games in O&M training.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MobileHCI '18 Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3229434.3229472
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	MobileHCI 2018: 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services - Duration: 3 Sept 2018 → 6 Sept 2018

Conference

Conference	MobileHCI 2018: 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Period	3/09/18 → 6/09/18

Research Field

Former Research Field - Technology Experience

Keywords

Location-based Games; Serious Games; Visually Impaired; Orientation & Mobility Training

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Regal, G, Mattheiss, E, Sellitsch, D & Tscheligi, M 2018, Mobile Location-Based Games to support Orientation & Mobility Training for Visually Impaired Students. in MobileHCI '18 Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. MobileHCI 2018: 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 3/09/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3229434.3229472

Mobile Location-Based Games to support Orientation & Mobility Training for Visually Impaired Students. / Regal, Georg (Speaker); Mattheiss, Elke; Sellitsch, David et al.
MobileHCI '18 Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. 2018.

Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Proceedings › Conference Proceedings with Oral Presentation › peer-review

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