A presentation at A11yTO in in Toronto, ON, Canada by Alastair Somerville
Alastair Somerville @acuity_design 2019 Accessible Virtual Reality
Funding by @acuity_design 2019 Katie Gonzalez-Bell Project Partners
@acuity_design 2019 From a Real Place to a Virtual Space
@acuity_design 2019 Real Place is MailRail
@acuity_design 2019 Photo: http://alondoninheritance.com
@acuity_design 2019 Original users were mail bags
@acuity_design 2019 Disability is in design of place for users
@acuity_design 2019 New users are human visitors
@acuity_design 2019 Access problems
@acuity_design 2019 No way in
@acuity_design 2019 No way out
@acuity_design 2019 Virtual Reality as access solution
@acuity_design 2019 VR goggles + laser scan datasets =
@acuity_design 2019 A well planned solution
@acuity_design 2019 But….
@acuity_design 2019 What do people want?
@acuity_design 2019 People don’t want “accessible solutions”…
@acuity_design 2019 …people want memorable experiences to share, now & later
@acuity_design 2019 A journey of exploration, together
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@acuity_design 2019 Narrated journeys in extended spaces
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@acuity_design 2019 Immersive experiences in shared, safe places
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@acuity_design 2019 Autonomy in augmented places
@acuity_design 2019 Shared experiences, now
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@acuity_design 2019 Stories to share, later
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@acuity_design 2019 VR extends where we all can be & the stories we can all share
@acuity_design 2019 Accessible VR is augmented awesome experiences
@acuity_design 2019 Accessible VR is augmented awesome experiences
Based on a 2019 UK research project, this talk is about how work on accessible virtual reality explored and uncovered deeper issues about being human. How the desire for human company and to tells stories together affected the prototyping and design of a museum exhibit.
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