Implementation of Augmented Reality (AR) technologies to educate the public the visual symptoms and progression of important vision-threatening diseases
Grant Data
Project Title
Implementation of Augmented Reality (AR) technologies to educate the public the visual symptoms and progression of important vision-threatening diseases
Principal Investigator
Professor Chan, Yau Kei
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
36
Start Date
2023-04-01
Amount
2571079
Conference Title
Implementation of Augmented Reality (AR) technologies to educate the public the visual symptoms and progression of important vision-threatening diseases
Keywords
Augmented Reality, visual symptoms, vision-threatening diseases
Discipline
Medicine, Dentistry and Health
HKU Project Code
ITB/FBL/7028/22/P
Grant Type
Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living (FBL)
Funding Year
2023
Status
On-going
Objectives
1. To increase the awareness of elderly without severe visual defects on visual symptoms of age-related visionthreatening diseases, and their eagerness to consult ophthalmologists when they realize the visual symptoms2. To enhance the knowledge of care providers of the visually impaired persons (VIPs) on the symptoms andprogression of the age-related vision-threatening diseases by living in VIPs’ shoes3. To enhance the knowledge of teenagers on refractive disorders and their parents on both refractive disordersand other eye diseases so to raise their awareness on the importance in better preservation of the vision