Towards Accessibility in VR - Development of an Affordable Motion Platform for Wheelchairs

Brachtendorf, Kilian; Weyers, Benjamin; Zielasko, Daniel

doi:10.1109/vrw50115.2020.00064

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“…For people with visual impairments, virtual white canes have been explored (Siu et al, 2020; Zhao et al, 2018). Additionally, for people with mobility impairments, motion platforms for wheelchairs have been studied (Brachtendorf et al, 2020; Richir et al, 2015).…”

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Development of a VR Head-mounted Display Strap Modification for Use by Individuals with a Cochlear Implant

Gluck,

Golba,

Brinkley

2023

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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Virtual reality (VR) continues to revolutionize how people work, play, and socialize. Even with new VR systems released regularly, VR hardware can still be inaccessible to many, especially people with disabilities. While researching VR accessibility barriers for older adults, we discovered that the Meta Quest 2 VR head-mounted display (HMD) does not allow for a person with a cochlear implant to wear both simultaneously. This inaccessibility is due to the cochlear implant being surgically implanted along the path of the HMD strap. To increase VR accessibility for individuals with a cochlear implant, we designed, developed, and tested a 3D-printed HMD strap modification that supports wearing both a VR HMD and a cochlear implant. This work illustrates that small, simple modifications can significantly increase the accessibility of VR system hardware for people with disabilities.

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Development of a VR Head-mounted Display Strap Modification for Use by Individuals with a Cochlear Implant

Gluck,

Golba,

Brinkley

2023

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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“…A lot of seated interfaces, for instance, are accessible without any changes, to people with an impairment of the lower limbs or problems to stabilize themselves in a standing posture (which also related to safety, see Section 4.4). Others interfaces are by design constructed for special cases and needs, like the use with one's own wheelchair [55]. However, there are also approaches to support people with balance impairments utilizing specific manipulations of the virtual world and its reactions, such as a static rest frame [56].…”

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To Sit or Not to Sit in VR: Analyzing Influences and (Dis)Advantages of Posture and Embodied Interaction

Zielasko

Riecke

2021

Computers

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Virtual Reality (VR) users typically either sit or stand/walk when using VR; however, the impact of this is little researched, and there is a lack of any broad or systematic analysis of how this difference in physical posture might affect user experience and behavior. To address this gap, we propose such a systematic analysis that was refined through discussions and iterations during a dedicated workshop with VR experts. This analysis was complemented by an online survey to integrate the perspectives of a larger and more diverse group of VR experts, including developers and power users. The result is a validated expert assessment of the impact of posture and degree of embodiment on the most relevant aspects of VR experience and behavior. In particular, we posit potential strong effects of posture on user comfort, safety, self-motion perception, engagement, and accessibility. We further argue that the degree of embodiment can strongly impact cybersickness, locomotion precision, safety, self-motion perception, engagement, technical complexity, and accessibility. We provide a compact visualization of key findings and discuss areas where posture and embodiment do or do not have a known influence, as well as highlight open questions that could guide future research and VR design efforts.

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Navigation in immersive virtual reality: a comparison of 1:1 walking to 1:1 wheeling

Weser,

Sieberer,

Berry

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Virtual Reality

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Towards Accessibility in VR - Development of an Affordable Motion Platform for Wheelchairs

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Development of a VR Head-mounted Display Strap Modification for Use by Individuals with a Cochlear Implant

Development of a VR Head-mounted Display Strap Modification for Use by Individuals with a Cochlear Implant

To Sit or Not to Sit in VR: Analyzing Influences and (Dis)Advantages of Posture and Embodied Interaction

Navigation in immersive virtual reality: a comparison of 1:1 walking to 1:1 wheeling

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