1. ET Maze 2005 Megan, Michael, David, Michael

2. What Are We Doing?  Creating a Maze Program to help persons who are blind with spatial awareness  Using haptic devices to enable users to get feedback from the program – that they can then use in actual situations

3. What devices we are using:  The Sensable Phantom Omni:  The Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick:

4. What problem will it solve?  Our goal is to help children who are blind with their spatial awareness  There is not a lot of assistance out there of this sort – we plan on providing a fun way to learn  We hope to increase their spatial skills so that they feel much more comfortable in their surroundings  Eventually we want to include school mapping and audio elements to our project

5. Who are we helping?  We are targeting young children who are blind  However, our project may overlap into an older sector as well  By the end of the semester we plan on having a day of fun, Maze Day, for children to come in and test out our finished project  We are also going to give away a joystick to a school that we feel could use it – we received an APPLES grant that will let us do this

6. The Real Maze  Part of our project will include an actual maze that students will be able to walk through  It will be constructed upstairs in the department and will be made mostly of foam blocks  This will allow users to gain an understanding of the environment that they learned from the computer game

7. Tactile Mazes  We will also have several tactile mazes for students to use  These are going to allow the kids to gain an even better understanding of the area the maze covers  It will decrease frustration from students and help them out a bit more  Pass around Tactile Maps

8. Sound  The addition of sound to our mazes will allow the students to create a better picture in their heads of what the maze looks like  Having sounds when they pass certain obstacles and at the beginning and end of the maze will let students have a better idea of where they actually are  These sounds will also let the students know if they are going back to an area they have already passed

9. MAZE DAY ! ! ! ! !  We will be holding a Maze Day on April 27 from 9:00 – 2:00  This will be for students to come test out our project and many others  It will be a learning experience for everyone  Please come and check it out

10. ??Any questions?? Demo (if time) Thanks!