Researchers develop magnifying smartphone screen app for visually impaired
Friday, April 22, 2016 - 14:20
in Mathematics & Economics
A smartphone application that projects a magnified smartphone screen to Google Glass has been developed, which allows users to navigate using head movements to view a corresponding portion of the magnified screen. They have shown that the technology can potentially benefit low-vision users, many of whom find the smartphone's built-in zoom feature to be difficult to use due to the loss of context.