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Head-mounted displays are increasingly available and have been proposed as a platform for a new class of low vision aid. Two kinds of head-mounted display, smart glasses and a smartphone-based headset, are evaluated here in terms of their visibility and desirability for users with age-related macular degeneration. This evaluation is performed through a test to measure the extent of visibility of the screens, through a reading speed test and through a questionnaire. All but one of the participants could read from the displays and see at least 45 % of at least one of the screens. The majority found it easier to read from the displays than from paper.
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The authors would like to thank the following for their assistance: Peter Aspinall, Tariq Aslam, Ian Murray, Chi Can, Javid Khan, Ellie Brown, Cirta Tooth, Wolfgang Radner, Stephen Hicks, Douglas Young, Alex Bailey, Hannah Moshtael and the Macular Society. Supported by grants from Edinburgh & Lothians Health Foundation and the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council.
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Moshtael, H., Fu, L., Underwood, I., Dhillon, B. (2016). Evaluation of Head-Mounted Displays for Macular Degeneration: A Pilot Study. In: Chen, YW., Tanaka, S., Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2016. InMed 2016. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 60. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39687-3_7
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