%0 Conference Paper %1 Sanchez:2014:AHV:2557500.2557519 %A Sánchez, Jaime %A de Borba Campos, Marcia %A Espinoza, Mat\'ıas %A Merabet, Lotfi B. %B Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces %C New York, NY, USA %D 2014 %I ACM %K ACM %P 199--208 %R 10.1145/2557500.2557519 %T Audio Haptic Videogaming for Developing Wayfinding Skills in Learners Who Are Blind %U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2557500.2557519 %X Interactive digital technologies are currently being developed as a novel tool for education and skill development. Audiopolis is an audio and haptic based videogame designed for developing orientation and mobility (O&M) skills in people who are blind. We have evaluated the cognitive impact of videogame play on O&M skills by assessing performance on a series of behavioral tasks carried out in both indoor and outdoor virtual spaces. Our results demonstrate that the use of Audiopolis had a positive impact on the development and use of O&M skills in school-aged learners who are blind. The impact of audio and haptic information on learning is also discussed. %@ 978-1-4503-2184-6

@inproceedings{Sanchez:2014:AHV:2557500.2557519, abstract = {Interactive digital technologies are currently being developed as a novel tool for education and skill development. Audiopolis is an audio and haptic based videogame designed for developing orientation and mobility (O&M) skills in people who are blind. We have evaluated the cognitive impact of videogame play on O&M skills by assessing performance on a series of behavioral tasks carried out in both indoor and outdoor virtual spaces. Our results demonstrate that the use of Audiopolis had a positive impact on the development and use of O&M skills in school-aged learners who are blind. The impact of audio and haptic information on learning is also discussed.}, acmid = {2557519}, added-at = {2015-03-16T22:06:38.000+0100}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {S\'{a}nchez, Jaime and de Borba Campos, Marcia and Espinoza, Mat\'{\i}as and Merabet, Lotfi B.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c352484985402f272be07fcf60472ad7/alex_szykman}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces}, doi = {10.1145/2557500.2557519}, interhash = {3ccc364ce29e3e193926a5da70c5b3e6}, intrahash = {c352484985402f272be07fcf60472ad7}, isbn = {978-1-4503-2184-6}, keywords = {ACM}, location = {Haifa, Israel}, numpages = {10}, pages = {199--208}, publisher = {ACM}, series = {IUI '14}, timestamp = {2015-03-16T22:06:38.000+0100}, title = {Audio Haptic Videogaming for Developing Wayfinding Skills in Learners Who Are Blind}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2557500.2557519}, year = 2014 }