Accessibility in the Metaverse: Are We Prepared?

Fernandes, Filipe Arantes; Werner, Cláudia Maria Lima

doi:10.5753/waihcws.2022.226618

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“…In the instances outside of use-cases for sensory, cognitive, and motor rehabilitation of which there will be many, users who have physical disabilities or lost or diminished sensory abilities such as impaired vision, audition, or proprioception may require specialized hardware to participate equally in the metaverse. Without significant action aimed at inclusive design, this can be an additional barrier for access for users on top of the financial and socioeconomic hurdles that already obscure and limit access to healthcare and technology (68). It is imperative that the creators and regulators of these immersive technologies consider these issues to ensure that the virtual world is accessible and equitable for all users (56,57,64).…”

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Taking modern psychiatry into the metaverse: Integrating augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies into psychiatric care

Ford

Buchanan

Azeez

et al. 2023

Front. Digit. Health

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The landscape of psychiatry is ever evolving and has recently begun to be influenced more heavily by new technologies. One novel technology which may have particular application to psychiatry is the metaverse, a three-dimensional digital social platform accessed via augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR). The metaverse allows the interaction of users in a virtual world which can be measured and manipulated, posing at once exciting new possibilities and significant potential challenges and risks. While the final form of the nascent metaverse is not yet clear, the immersive simulation and holographic mixed reality-based worlds made possible by the metaverse have the potential to redefine neuropsychiatric care for both patients and their providers. While a number of applications for this technology can be envisioned, this article will focus on leveraging the metaverse in three specific domains: medical education, brain stimulation, and biofeedback. Within medical education, the metaverse could allow for more precise feedback to students performing patient interviews as well as the ability to more easily disseminate highly specialized technical skills, such as those used in advanced neurostimulation paradigms. Examples of potential applications in brain stimulation and biofeedback range from using AR to improve precision targeting of non-invasive neuromodulation modalities to more innovative practices, such as using physiological and behavioral measures derived from interactions in VR environments to directly inform and personalize treatment parameters for patients. Along with promising future applications, we also discuss ethical implications and data security concerns that arise when considering the introduction of the metaverse and related AR/VR technologies to psychiatric research and care.

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confidence: 99%

Taking modern psychiatry into the metaverse: Integrating augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies into psychiatric care

Ford

Buchanan

Azeez

et al. 2023

Front. Digit. Health

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“…The metaverse offers tools for people with visual disabilities, such as screen readers and color contrast solutions to ensure that visual information is accessible to everyone (Fernandes & Werner, 2022).…”

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As Teorias Do Processo De Ensino E Aprendizagem No Ensino À Distância Na Modalidade Online

Barbosa,

Mahumane

2023

Educação: Política, Estado E Formação Humana

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Editora Direitos para esta edição cedidos à Atena Editora pelos autores. Open access publication by Atena Editora Todo o conteúdo deste livro está licenciado sob uma Licença de Atribuição Creative Commons. Atribuição-Não-Comercial-NãoDerivativos 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). O conteúdo dos artigos e seus dados em sua forma, correção e confiabilidade são de responsabilidade exclusiva dos autores, inclusive não representam necessariamente a posição oficial da Atena Editora. Permitido o download da obra e o compartilhamento desde que sejam atribuídos créditos aos autores, mas sem a possibilidade de alterála de nenhuma forma ou utilizá-la para fins comerciais.Todos os manuscritos foram previamente submetidos à avaliação cega pelos pares, membros do Conselho Editorial desta Editora, tendo sido aprovados para a publicação com base em critérios de neutralidade e imparcialidade acadêmica.A Atena Editora é comprometida em garantir a integridade editorial em todas as etapas do processo de publicação, evitando plágio, dados ou resultados fraudulentos e impedindo que interesses financeiros comprometam os padrões éticos da publicação. Situações suspeitas de má conduta científica serão investigadas sob o mais alto padrão de rigor acadêmico e ético.

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“…Diverse people with physical disabilities or with cognitive impairments, may have difficulty accessing the metaverse because of technological conditions or usability issues. Despite of some initiatives in human-computer interaction (HCI) on accessibility to immersive technologies 118 , the development is only beginning. In the same way that the metaverse develops, the creation of accessible technologies must go hand in hand with this.…”

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Philosophical and Societal Impacts of Commodification in Metaverse

Mochcovitch,

Jackson

2023

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Understanding what Metaverse isMetaverse is a term etymologically easy to define, yet conceptually and semantically vague. "Meta" is a prefix coming from the Greek language meaning "beyond". The suffix "verse" comes from the masculine noun "universe", resulting in, literally, a "universe beyond". This neologism metaverse was coined by Neal Stephenson in his science fiction work Snow Crash 3 . In this cyberpunk universe of Snow Crash, the plot's protagonist, Hiro Protagonist, has an experience close to the one in the physical world, with a full capacity for interaction and interactivity, not only socially but also with objects.

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Accessibility in the Metaverse: Are We Prepared?

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

Taking modern psychiatry into the metaverse: Integrating augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies into psychiatric care

Taking modern psychiatry into the metaverse: Integrating augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies into psychiatric care

As Teorias Do Processo De Ensino E Aprendizagem No Ensino À Distância Na Modalidade Online

Philosophical and Societal Impacts of Commodification in Metaverse

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