Category Archives: virtual reality

Prototyping in SecondLife – Experiencing Disability for optimizing Accessibility

Posted on March 18, 2010 by designabilities

Lloyd, Birchler and Perry developed a multimedia prototype of a virtual reality application for the NCA (National Center on Accessibility). The application would allow participants to explore issues of accessibility within public parks and recreation areas. The used Second Life … Continue reading →

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disability and virtual reality

Posted on March 18, 2010 by designabilities

As already mentioned in our recent post disability and virtual reality in our research we lay one focus on the imagery and reprasantation of disability in virtual reality (as well as in the world of mass media and pop culture), … Continue reading →

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“A blind person’s interactions with technology”

Posted on September 2, 2009 by sarahschipper

We found an interesting Article about “A blind Persons Interactions with Technology” in the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) by Kristen Shinohara and Josh Teneberg from the University of Washington. The study is an in-deapth exploratory and descriptive case study … Continue reading →

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disability and virtual reality

Posted on July 5, 2009 by designabilities

As Tom Shakespeare (PEALS, University of Newcastle, UK) mentioned in his talk at Vienna University (9 may 2008), the www offers various opportunities for social integration to bodily or mentlly impaired people. The communication through the internet offers chances of … Continue reading →

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Welcome to DESIGNABILITIES!

Posted on June 1, 2009 by designabilities

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