Augmented, virtual and mixed reality technologies offer new ways of interacting with digital media. However, such technologies are not well explored for people with different ranges of abilities beyond a few specific navigation and gaming applications. While new standardization activities are investigating accessibility issues with existing AR/VR systems, commercial systems still confined to specialized hardware and software limiting their widespread adoption among people with disabilities. This workshop takes a novel approach by exploring the application of user model based personalization for AR/VR systems. The workshop will be organized by experienced researchers in the field of human computer interaction, robotics control, assistive technology, and AR/VR systems, and will consist of peer reviewed papers and hands-on demonstrations. Keynote speeches and demonstrations will cover latest accessibility research at Microsoft, Google, Verizon and leading universities.
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to a special issue of the
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)
All participants have to
register to ACM CHI Conference and add this workshop during registration with code: AccessW18
Workshop Schedule
Day 1, 7th May
- UTC 1300, Opening Plenary, Introductions
- UTC 1400, Spatial Audio, Dr Swami Manohar, Microsoft Research
- UTC 1500, Paper id 3: Privacy Concerns of Bystanders with Augmented Reality Assistive Technologies
- UTC 1530, Paper id 4: Exploring Augmented Reality Games in Accessible Learning: A Systematic Review
- UTC 1600, The XR Access Initiative - Real Accessibility in Virtual Environments, Dr Larry Goldberg, Verizon
Day 2, 8th May
- UTC 1300, Paper id 1: VR360 Subtitles
- UTC 1330, Paper id 6: Eye Gaze Controlled CoBot for SSMI
- UTC 1400, The birth of augmented reality, Prof Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge
- UTC 1430, Paper id 2: Impact of Visualisation in Virtual Environment
- UTC 1500, Designing experiences for blind and partially sighted people, Dr Sonali Rai, RNIB, UK
- UTC 1600, Personal, Accessible, Immersive – my choice matters, Mr Andy Quested, European Broadcasting Union
Day 3, 9th May
- UTC 1300, Augmented Reality for Assistive Robots,Ms Kavita Krishnaswamy, University of Maryland
- UTC 1330, Paper id 7: Hands-on Hand-in-Hand
- UTC 1400, The Augmented Employee, Dr Anasol Pena-Rios, British Telecom
- UTC 1440, Gradually Including Potential Users
- UTC 1500, Immersive Captions, developing with the community, Mr Christopher Patnoe, Google
- UTC 1600, Group Discussion and Closing Remarks
