AVIS - Accessibility for the Visually Impaired in Stadiums

*英国有200万人视力受损，约为每30人中就有1人视力受损。然而，根据足总的数据，每3000张体育场门票中只有1张是由失明人士购买的。*考虑到体育场唯一的无障碍条款是通过一套无线电耳机讲述音频解说，这种差距并不令人惊讶。由于没有观看比赛的能力，很少有VI体育迷真正来到现场观看比赛。*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能够用明亮的立体光刺激--一定程度的视力可能会恢复。自2017年以来，GiveVision应用这一见解开发了全球首款可穿戴低视力护目镜(SightPlus)，并于2019年成为Moorfield眼科医院临床验证的受监管医疗设备*建立在可穿戴助视器IP产品组合的基础上，并开发了一套适用于体育场(竞技场和其他场馆)的系统，使VI观众能够真正实时观看比赛。GiveVision的可佩戴低视力辅助耳机由VI观众在观众中佩戴，使VI用户能够实际观看比赛。*该项目旨在与切尔西足球俱乐部在英超联赛中试验这项技术，以验证和开发从TRL7到TRL9的技术。*GiveVision正在寻求的机会是为世界各地的体育场设定一个新的“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战略的休闲目标“扩大艺术、文化、体育和伟大的户外活动的通道”，以及“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)。

* 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)