Assisting Individuals with Autism and Cognitive Disorders: An Augmented Reality-Based Framework

Authors

  • Samir Abou El-Seoud British University in Egypt - BUE
  • Osam Halabi Qatar University
  • Vladimir Geroimenko British University in Egypt - BUE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v15i04.9835

Keywords:

autism and cognitive disorders, educational augmented environments, new learn-ing models, applications

Abstract


Individuals with autism require systematic assistance while dealing with the surrounding environment and its objects. The project aim is to develop a framework that could be of substantial help to people with autism and cognitive disorders. The framework is based on common mobile devices and freely available Augmented Reality (AR) applications. The Augmented Reality used in our approach is marker-based AR that employs a camera and a visual marker to trigger and present media content on the mobile device’s screen. The developed framework allows parents and teachers to easily create educational augmented environments for children with autism and cognitive disorders by populating a real-world space with visual markers of favorite cartoonish helpers that can evoke helpful AR content and embed it in the real-world environment. The paper analyzes and discusses the use of the proposed framework from conceptual and technological points of view.

Author Biography

Samir Abou El-Seoud, British University in Egypt - BUE

BUE, Informatics and Computer Science. Professor

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Published

2019-02-27

How to Cite

Abou El-Seoud, S., Halabi, O., & Geroimenko, V. (2019). Assisting Individuals with Autism and Cognitive Disorders: An Augmented Reality-Based Framework. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 15(04), pp. 28–39. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v15i04.9835

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