Think beyond wheelchairs
to tackle the current huge barriers to Disabled Access so as to easily navigate a typically-hostile urban environment, go on a country walk, safely climb stairs, board a boat, traverse icy/snowy surfaces, take a commercial flight
‘wheelchairs’ taking on far greater responsibility
a user outside their house onboard their Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle using their eyes to click on an icon for ‘Bedroom’ and that is it – everything else is automatic until they are safely by their bed
even in unfamiliar territory, they should be able to travel fast-but-safely thanks to a sophisticated collision avoidance system
speed through an obstacle course or safely make their way through a showroom of porcelain vases
user speeding along with a visor obscuring their eyes. What they see is Augmented Reality
move through their house as before, but they are in bed – experiencing through VR what they would if sitting in their wheelchair.
create the equivalent of the mind-blowing prototype cars of a few years
created sufficient pull from end-users that it will be far more attractive for manufacturers to invest in the market-penetration strategies equivalent to self-parking
collision avoidance and ledge detection will indeed be vital components of our research. But so, ideally, will be high-speed navigation through an obstacle course, real-time mapping of unfamiliar territory, icon-driven high-level control, and yes, Augmented Reality
Think beyond wheelchairs to tackle the current huge barriers to Disabled Access so as to easily navigate a typically-hostile urban environment, go on a country walk, safely climb stairs, board a boat, traverse icy/snowy surfaces, take a commercial flight ‘wheelchairs’ taking on far greater responsibility a user outside their house onboard their Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle using their eyes to click on an icon for ‘Bedroom’ and that is it – everything else is automatic until they are safely by their bed even in unfamiliar territory, they should be able to travel fast-but-safely thanks to a sophisticated collision avoidance system speed through an obstacle course or safely make their way through a showroom of porcelain vases user speeding along with a visor obscuring their eyes. What they see is Augmented Reality move through their house as before, but they are in bed – experiencing through VR what they would if sitting in their wheelchair. create the equivalent of the mind-blowing prototype cars of a few years created sufficient pull from end-users that it will be far more attractive for manufacturers to invest in the market-penetration strategies equivalent to self-parking collision avoidance and ledge detection will indeed be vital components of our research. But so, ideally, will be high-speed navigation through an obstacle course, real-time mapping of unfamiliar territory, icon-driven high-level control, and yes, Augmented Reality