Soft x-ray diffraction of striated muscle
S.F. Fan, W.B. Yun, et al.
Proceedings of SPIE 1989
Obtaining information before a visit is one of the priority needs and challenges for blind museum visitors. We propose BentoMuseum, a layered, stackable, and three-dimensional museum map that makes complex structural information accessible by allowing explorations on a floor and between floors. Touchpoints are embedded to provide audio-tactile interactions that allow a user to learn the museum's exhibits and navigation when one floor is placed on a touch screen. Using a tour design task, we invited 12 first-time blind visitors to explore the museum building, choose exhibits that attracted them, and build a mental map with exhibit names and directions. The results show that the system is useful in obtaining information that links geometric shapes, contents, and locations to then build a rough mental map. The connected floors and spatial structures motivated users to explore. Moreover, having a rough mental map enhanced orientation and confidence while traveling in the museum.
S.F. Fan, W.B. Yun, et al.
Proceedings of SPIE 1989
Joel L. Wolf, Mark S. Squillante, et al.
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Nanda Kambhatla
ACL 2004
Rajiv Ramaswami, Kumar N. Sivarajan
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking