| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M05416/01 |
| Title: |
DEVELOPMENT OF A WHEELCHAIR VIRTUAL REALITY MOTION PLATFORM FOR USE IN EVALUATING WHEELCHAIR ACCESS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Conway, Professor BA |
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| Department: |
Biomedical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Strathclyde |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 February 1999 |
Ends: |
30 September 2001 |
Value (£): |
120,002
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Building Ops & Management |
Design & Testing Technology |
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The Disability Act 1995 Aims to end discrimination against disabled people. Importantly, the Act gives the disabled community new employment and access rights. Central to these rights will be an obligation for employers and organisation to provide premises which do not disadvantage disabled people. Many disabled people rely on wheelchairs for mobility. However, many buildings do not provide conditions suited to the needs of wheelchair users. This application aims to provide instrumentation allowing wheelchair navigation within virtual buildings. The provision of such instrumentation will aid architects in identifying the needs of wheelchair users at the design stage. Using existing specialist virtual reality resources we intend to construct a motion platform which will form a key component within an immersive virtual reality facility. Central to this project is the need to provide a platform that can accommodate a range of wheelchair types, that will map intended wheelchair motion into a virtual world and that has the capacity to provide feedback to the user reflecting collisions and changes in floor surfaces and slope. The project represents a collaborative effort between architects, bioengineers and user groups and will be comprised of stages related to platform design, construction, interfacing, testing and user evaluation.
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http://www.strath.ac.uk |