HKDSE vs ViSymulation Pro

HKDSE mobile application is developed by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA), to provide information to candidates and members of the public regarding the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE). Users will be able to get the latest news and announcements about the examination. Content and functions include: About HKDSE My Exam Schedule What’s New Private Candidates’ Corner Handbook for Candidates Important Dates & Events Exam Calendar Exam Centres DSExpress Private Candidates' Corner Useful Contacts Recognition of the HKDSE Services to Special Needs Candidates Bad Weather & Special Circumstances If you have any feedback, please email us at pa@hkeaa.edu.hk The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority www.hkeaa.edu.hk

"ViSymulation Pro" is an augmented reality (AR) mobile application, developed by the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. It aims to educate users on the visual symptoms of common vision problems. Users could gain a first-person experience of the impaired vision and the corresponding difficulties encountered by the visually impaired persons (VIPs). As a result, the public awareness of vision protection is raised while the empathetic attitude towards the visually-impaired people are developed among the community. "ViSymulation Pro" provides 2 modes: 1. "Information About Vision Problems" - For individual users - Discover the aetiology, signs and visual symptoms of vision problems - Experience visual symptoms of vision problems through the 1-minute AR simulation 2. "Create/Join Room" - For groups and events - Remote-control function: control of multiple smartphones to display desired visual symptoms to realize group-based teaching This mobile app can simulate the following vision problems with three stages of progression (mild, moderate, and severe) or the subtypes: - Diabetic Retinopathy - Cataract - Glaucoma - Age-related macular degeneration - Retinitis Pigmentosa - Retinal Detachment - Myopia - Hyperopia - Presbyopia - Astigmatism - Color Blindness (Protanopia, Tritanopia, Deuteranopia, Monochromacy) - Visual Pathway Lesions (Left Homonymous Hemianopia, Left Homonymous Superior Quadrantanopia, Left Homonymous Inferior Quadrantanopia)