Research Article

Accuracy and Coordination of Spatial Frames of Reference during the Exploration of Virtual Maps: Interest for Orientation and Mobility of Blind People?

Figure 1

Experimental apparatus. The blind participant holds the force feed-back device and touches the virtual map of SeaTouch. The dark part of the map is the sea and the light one is the land. The crosses are the beacons and the white translucent sphere is the position of the haptic cursor. The virtual map is rendered in the vertical plane providing the implicit assumption that the workspace is aligned north up.
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