The Visual Accessibility of Indoor Spaces
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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About the Seminar
Visual accessibility—how effectively vision can be used to travel safely through or complete activities within a space—has an important impact on low-vision mobility. In this seminar, Gordon Legge described an empirical approach for studying the visual accessibility of indoor spaces, including experiments on the detection and recognition of steps and ramps. He also outlined the development of a new form of adaptive technology—the Digital Sign System—to assist visually impaired people with indoor navigation.
About the Presenter
Gordon Legge is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota and director of the Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research. His research focuses on the role of vision in important real-world activities like reading, object recognition, and wayfinding.
More Information
Contact Shawn Haag, 612-625-5608 or haag0025@umn.edu.