Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Turning Heads: Designing Engaging Immersive Video Experiences to Support People with Intellectual Disability when Learning Everyday Living Skills

  Laurianne Sitbon, Ross Brown, Lauren Fell (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents findings from a participatory design process exploring how 360-degree video viewed through head-mounted displays can support people with intellectual disabilities in learning everyday living skills. The research was conducted over…

  • intellectual disability
  • 360-degree video
  • virtual reality
  • life skills training
  • immersive learning
  • participatory design
  • cognitive accessibility
  • scaffolding
  • head-mounted display

• Investigating Sign Language Interpreter Rendering and Guiding Methods in Virtual Reality 360-Degree Content

  Craig Anderton (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This paper explores how sign language interpretation can be effectively presented in virtual reality 360-degree (VR360) three-degrees-of-freedom video content. The research addresses a significant gap: while VR accessibility guidelines exist for subt…

  • sign language
  • virtual reality
  • extended reality
  • 360-degree video
  • deaf accessibility
  • immersive media
  • user experience
  • usability testing