CViConnect5.34 - App Store

Who is the app for?

CVi Connect is an iPad application intended to support parents, and teachers of the visually impaired (TVIs), who work with children who have Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). The app can be used by parents, TVIs and anyone else who works with children who have CVI. CVi Connect's goal is to aid in the process of improving the visual impairment with this iPad application, and grow the awareness of CVI as a whole and provide educational content related to CVI.

What does it do?

The application guides the user through exercises of varying difficulty that are intended to help the child's eye focus on graphics on the screen, which stimulates the area of the brain that is most affected by CVI. By stimulating this area of the brain we can support the improvement of the child's vision. Over time the exercises are tailored to each child based on the data that is collected while the child and parent use the application.

How does it work?

Using the front-facing camera in the iPad the application can measure facts about how the child is responding to the exercises. All of these expertly-determined facts can then be graphed and analyzed by the educator, in whole or in part, across all training sessions.

For example, it is possible to graph the time spent, on average, on training sessions combined with the number of times a sprite is touched, showing ways of measuring improvement in visual acuity as well as allowing a teacher to tailor future lesson plans to better match the needs of the student.

In addition to analyzing favorite and least favorite lessons, the CVI system has the ability to use information from the training sessions to automatically generate new training sessions that are best for the student.

As an example, the system can detect highly touched areas of the iPad and where sprites are commonly touched. Using this information, the system can automatically generate new lesson plans that focus the attention specifically on these areas as well as specifically AWAY from these areas to improve acuity. The system can use facts about the lengths of time spent on average by the user on training sessions to tailor the length of time a typical training session should take place.

Where can I get help if I need it?

CVi Connect maintains a support forum where users of the app (parents, TVI's and CVI professionals) are supported by leading CVI professionals and CVi Connect technical staff. Users can asks questions and provide feedback in this forum, which adds to the CVi community as a whole by serving as a place where CVI discussions can take place.

Version History User Report Update 5.34 08/26/2025 Audio Playback Updates 5.32 05/02/2025 Front facing camera recording turned off while investigating recording issues. Gaze detection logic still active. 5.30 03/11/2025 Update to video recording storage 5.28 02/12/2025 General Updates and Improvements for iOS 18 5.26 11/12/2024 Bug Fixes 5.24 10/02/2024 Minor fixes and bug updates 5.22 05/09/2024 Minor Accessibility Updates 5.21 04/12/2024 iPad Air 5th Generation updates 5.16 03/08/2024 Updates include changes to front facing camera recordings, gaze detection, iPad 5th Generation Air adaptability, activity video playback, and decibel recording from multiple sensor inputs 5.14 03/05/2024 Gaze Detection Update
Plus Minor Fixes 5.13 02/23/2024 Minor Update 5.12 02/21/2024 Minor update 5.11 11/10/2023 Bug Fixes
Video playback and audio update
Magic Pen Board update 5.10 11/06/2023 Whats New !
1. No Wifi Mode for running activities when in low to no wifi/cellular areas
2. Improved background saving UI for front facing camera, screen recording, gaze detection heat maps, tap heat maps, and gaze coordinate log
3. Tap location heat maps 5.09 10/17/2023 Update to activity recording options 5.07 08/09/2023 Easier access to Activity object names in Interface Builder
Video loading orientation update for V1 Activities
Layering of Activity Objects updated for when copying an object
Activity Object name input improvement
Actions can now:
- transition to linked activity with delay
- wiggle with number of repeats rather than forever
Backend file updates
Backend task handler updated 5.05 06/03/2023 Update to handling of video loading when transitioning away from activity or to a new activity 5.02 05/05/2023 Updates:
* Added more drawing logic to activities in which a user can draw on the screen
* Updates for iOS 16
* Improvements to room decibel analyses
* Activity Designer Updates
* Look location heat map improvements 5.01 05/05/2023 Update to handling orientation of different activities and minor bug fixes 5.0 03/15/2023 Update to sound and activity linking 4.97 02/21/2023 General update with bug fixes 4.96 01/19/2023 General updates and improvements 4.95 11/23/2022 Minor bug fixes
Improvements and features added to gaze detection 4.94 12/19/2021 Latest Updates and Bug Fixes 4.93 10/30/2021