Including the Experiences of Physically Disabled Players in Mainstream Guidelines for Movement-Based Games

Transformative Virtual Reality Games for Adaptive Sports Training: Exploring the Perceptions of Individuals with Mobility Impairments

“…This finding echoes the findings from Mason et al (Mason et al, 2022), wherein they reported that wheelchair users had a keen interest in independently playing games using 5.2 Perceived Ease of Use of VR-ASTs…”

“…This finding is in line with the findings from Gerling and Spiel (2021) and Mott et al (2020), wherein the authors found that wheelchair users had similar concerns about the mobility-related assumptions baked into the design of existing VR hardware. Given the consistency across multiple studies conducted with different groups of disabled players, one implication of this finding for VR accessibility is that accommodations such as stationary mounts, joystick inputs, and minimal button presses can help ensure better accessibility and usability for individuals with mobility impairments, which should be available in VR games as customizable settings by default rather than being considered an add-on feature (Mason et al, 2022).…”

“…While VR gaming has been extensively studied by researchers in the HCI and gaming circles (Frommel et al, 2017;Hart et al, 2018;Krekhov et al, 2018;Yildirim, 2019), the design and development of accessible VR games for disabled individuals has received limited attention (Gerling and Spiel, 2021). That said, previous research has shown that individuals with limited mobility are highly interested in using VR applications for entertainment, socialization, and productivity purposes (Mason et al, 2022;Mott et al, 2020;Wentzel et al, 2022).…”