Developing a WiiCane curriculum

Developing a WiiCane curriculum; the biomechanics and other aspects of travel that can be detected and that can be influenced by automated feedback.

I reviewed the two classic texts below to compile this list as the beginning of developing an official curriculum for developing and using the WiiCane.

Skills so far tested:
- veering reduction
- cane arc width and coverage, stationary
- cane arc width and coverage, ambulating


Skills that might be developed, orientation:
- proprioception, rotating by degrees: e.g. turning 90 degrees, turning 180 degrees
- using compass directions
- using lateral directs
- interpreting kinesthetic feedback
- consistent forward movement
- adjusting line of travel from a shoreline with two adjustments
- identifying object materials

Skills that might be developed, cane articulation:
- two-point touch technique – arc apex height
- two-point touch technique – in-step
- two-point touch technique – in rhythm
- touch and slide technique
- touch and drag technique
- shortened touch technique
- three-point touch technique
- diagonal cane position
- hand centeredness (mid-sagittal plane)
- wrist role


Hill, E., & Ponder, P. (1976). Orientation and Mobility Techniques: A Guide for the Practitioner. New York, NY: American Foundation for the Blind.

Jacobson, W. H. (1993). The Art and Science of Teaching Orientation and Mobility to Persons With Visual Impairments New York, NY: American Foundation for the Blind.