Wayfinding in the Built Environment [Hogan, Building Commission] 2002-053-C

The project aims to identify technologies and systems that will make it easier and safer for people who have a sensory impairment to find their way around large public areas. The project is primarily aimed at people who are blind or vision impaired, but will also consider others groups of people. People who are blind or vision impaired often have difficulty negotiating public spaces, such as university campuses, public squares or sporting venues, especially when the area is crowded or noisy. This has a significant impact on their capacity to independently and confidently use public resources. The opportunity exists in Stage 3 of this project, (should it proceed), to develop an application and trial a system and/or technologies that will assist vision impaired people to successfully negotiate their way around a large site which is offered by the Commonwealth Games being held in Melbourne in 2006.