- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
- Interactive and Immersive Displays
Cornell University
2023
As social VR applications grow in popularity, blind and low vision users encounter continued accessibility barriers. Yet VR, which enables multiple people to engage the same virtual space, presents a unique opportunity allow other support user's access needs. To explore this opportunity, we designed framework based on physical sighted guidance that guide or user with navigation visual interpretation. A can virtually hold their move them, while describe environment. We studied use of our 16...
Blind individuals encounter access barriers while leading the design of media they consume, particularly with tactile graphics. designers are underrepresented in field graphic design, where sighted routinely control process and output on their behalf. This lack representation is caused by inaccessible digital technology that prevents nonvisual graphics designers. We address these challenges forming a Blind-led team four designers, one designer, researcher, designing to better understand...