Literature Reviews

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

• Reimagining Wearable AR Gesture Design: Physical Therapy Reasoning in Everyday Contexts

  Wei Wu, Binyan Xu, Soonhyeon Kweon, Yujie Wang, Leanne Chukoskie, Casper Harteveld (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper reimagines gesture vocabularies for lightweight, everyday augmented reality (AR) glasses — the emerging category of optical see-through wearables (e.g., Snap Spectacles, Meta Orion, Ray-Ban Meta) that are entering consumer and wor…

  • augmented reality
  • gesture interaction
  • wearable technology
  • physical therapy
  • ergonomics
  • motor skills
  • interaction design
  • social acceptability
  • user elicitation

• The Keybowl: An Ergonomically Designed Document Processing Device

  Peter J. McAlindon, Kay M. Stanney (1996) — Proceedings of the Second Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '96)

  This paper from the University of Central Florida presents the Keybowl, a novel alphanumeric input device designed as an ergonomic alternative to the standard QWERTY keyboard for users with upper extremity disabilities and for preventing carpal tunne…

  • ergonomics
  • alternative input
  • keyboard design
  • carpal tunnel syndrome
  • repetitive strain injury
  • motor disability
  • chording keyboard
  • assistive technology

• Identifying Comfort Areas in 3D Space for Persons with Upper Extremity Mobility Impairments Using Virtual Reality

  Shanmugam Muruga Palaniappan, Ting Zhang, Bradley S. Duerstock (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This short paper presents a method for using virtual reality exergaming to identify personalized comfort areas in 3D space for people with upper extremity mobility impairments (UEMIs), enabling optimal placement of assistive technology input devices …

  • virtual reality
  • motor disability
  • spinal cord injury
  • ergonomics
  • assistive technology
  • workspace design
  • switch access
  • tetraplegia
  • upper extremity impairment
  • personalization