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News Release 04-077
"Heads-Up" Display Lives Up to Its Name
Student-designed device helps the visually impaired avoid hazards, day and night
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The head-mounted components of the Wearable Low Vision Aid. Shown are the camera with a ring of IR LEDs (left) and the head mounted display (right).
Credit: Human Interface Technology Laboratory at the University of Washington.
Picture of a projected icon as generated by the Wearable Low Vision Aid display.
Credit: Human Interface Technology Laboratory at the University of Washington.
Low vision subject trying on the Wearable Low Vision Aid.
Credit: Human Interface Technology Laboratory at the University of Washington.
Low vision subject testing the Wearable Low Vision Aid as engineer and co-developer Ryland Bryant places obstacles in her path.
Credit: Human Interface Technology Laboratory at the University of Washington.
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Video depicting first-person perspective of a Wearable Low Vision Aid user avoiding an obstacle.
Credit: Human Interface Technology Laboratory at the University of Washington.