Section: Application Domains

High tech vision aid systems for low vision patients

Vision aid systems for low vision patients is an application domain with commercial products already existing. A variety of solutions are on the market and can be distinguished by their functioning (in virtual or augmented reality), the tasks targeted by the systems (e.g., face and object recognition, reading), the platform they use (dedicated platform or general existing one). Our goal is to propose competing solutions based on wide-spread and cheap platforms (e.g., mobile phone and cheap headset) to facilitate transfer to consumer market.