AVIS - Accessibility for the Visually Impaired in Stadiums

AVIS - 体育场内视障人士的无障碍设施

• 批准号: 10040913
• 金额: $ 25.58万
• 依托单位: VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10040913
• 关键词: AVIS; Accessibility; Visually; Impaired; Stadiums

* 2 million people in the UK are visually impaired (VI), that's about 1 out of 30\. However, according to FA only 1 in 3000 stadium tickets are purchased by people with sight loss.* The disparity is unsurprising, considering that the only accessibility provision for the VI at stadiums is audio commentary narrated via a set of radio headphones. Since there is no ability to see the game, very few VI sports fans actually come to live games.* The vast majority of people living with severe sight impairment have some residual vision and if healthy retina cells can be stimulated with bright stereoscopic light - a degree of ability to see could be regained. Since 2017 GiveVision has applied this insight to develop a world-first wearable low vision aid goggles (SightPlus) that went on to become a regulated medical device clinically validated at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 2019* Build on their IP portfolio in wearable vision aids and have developed a system for stadiums (arenas and other venues) that enables VI spectators to actually see the event in real-time. GiveVision's wearable low vision aid headset is worn by the VI spectator in the audience to enable the VI user to actually see the game.* This project aims to pilot the technology in Premier League with Chelsea FC to validate and developed the technology from TRL7 to TRL9\.* The opportunity that GiveVision is pursuing is to set a new "accessibility standard" for stadiums worldwide and unlock sports and live events for the VI spectators and address UK National Disability Strategy objectives for Leisure " widening access to arts, culture, sport and the great outdoors" and "making the UK the most accessible tourism destination in Europe" (p.79 of National Disability Strategy July 2021)

* 英国有200万人患有视力障碍（VI），约占30分之一。然而，根据英足总的数据，3000张球场门票中只有1张是由视力丧失的人购买的。这种差异并不令人惊讶，考虑到在体育场唯一的VI无障碍设施是通过一套无线电耳机讲述的音频评论。由于无法观看比赛，很少有VI体育迷真正来现场观看比赛。绝大多数患有严重视力障碍的人都有一些残余视力，如果健康的视网膜细胞可以用明亮的立体光刺激-一定程度的视觉能力可以恢复。自2017年以来，GiveVision应用这一洞察力开发了世界上第一款可穿戴低视力辅助护目镜（SightPlus），该护目镜于2019年在Moorfields眼科医院获得临床验证，成为一种受监管的医疗设备 * 在可穿戴视力辅助设备的IP组合基础上，开发了一种用于体育场（竞技场和其他场地）的系统，使VI观众能够实时观看比赛。GiveVision的可穿戴式低视力辅助耳机由观众中的VI观众佩戴，使VI用户能够真正看到比赛。*该项目旨在与切尔西足球俱乐部在英超联赛中试用该技术，以验证和开发从TRL 7到TRL 9的技术。GiveVision正在寻求的机会是为全球体育场制定新的“无障碍标准”，为VI观众解锁体育和现场活动，并解决英国国家残疾人休闲战略目标“扩大对艺术，文化，体育和户外活动的访问”和“使英国成为欧洲最无障碍的旅游目的地”（2021年7月国家残疾人战略第79页）