Accessibility NYC hosted a Meetup on July 11, 2017 at thoughtbot, titled Accessibility and Virtual Reality. Our CEO, Thomas Logan, presented a variety of demonstrations of various virtual and augmented reality technologies. Links to the projects used in the presentation as well as additional resources are hosted on CodePen.
Here are hyperlinked timestamps for each demonstration or illustration used in the presentation:
- Text Alternatives in Second Life – University of Nevada
- Guide Dogs in VR – Charles Mountain
- Indoor navigation – University of MA Amherst
- Tactile Navigation with Apple Watch – Molly Watt
- Captioning – AltSpace VR
- 3D Sound Captioning – Thomas Logan
- Visualizing Musical Information – Bjork
- See real world with color blind glasses – University of Nevada
- Resizing Text in VR – Jesse Anderson
- Device Independence in VR – Ian Hamilton
- Reducing background visual noise in VR – Audioshield
- ADA Reach Requirements in VR – University of Metz
- Inclusive Wheelchair Seating in Second Life – Virtual Ability
- Representing people with disabilities as avatars in Second Life – Thomas Logan
- AR of NASCAR race – UNC Chapel Hill
- Autogenerating Tactile Interfaces to Appliances – Carnegie Mellon