Augmented reality (AR) can assist individuals with visual impairments by overlaying auditory, tactile, or enhanced visual information onto the real-world environment to improve navigation, object recognition, and spatial awareness.

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Assistive technology utilizing AR experience to bridge the digital and physical worlds, with the capacity to address multiple types of disability.

Augmented Reality as Assistive Technology

By combining traditional teaching methods with augmented reality (AR), students are able to better visualize processes through their interaction between the real and digital worlds. For example, AR can superimpose real world objects with information boxes and virtual items. Beyond sight, AR can also involve the sense of touch, hearing, and smell. Some studies show that AR significantly affects students’ problem solving, motivation, and learning outcomes. 


AR and Education


Researchers at  Cornell Tech and Columbia University explored the capacity for AR to assist people with low vision in their ability to navigate stairs. They tested two prototypes: a simulated AR projection with a smartphone and a Microsoft HoloLens (a type of smartglass) prototype. 

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