Literature Reviews

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

• Accessing Passersby Proxemic Signals through a Head-Worn Camera: Opportunities and Limitations for the Blind

  Kyungjun Lee, Daisuke Sato, Saki Asakawa, Chieko Asakawa, Hernisa Kacorri (2021) — Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '21)

  This paper explores the potential and limitations of using head-worn cameras with computer vision to help blind people access proxemic signals — the spatial behaviour of nearby people that sighted individuals perceive visually, such as someone's pres…

  • blind and low vision
  • proxemics
  • wearable camera
  • smart glasses
  • pedestrian detection
  • computer vision
  • social interaction
  • social distancing
  • assistive technology

• VRBubble: Enhancing Peripheral Awareness of Avatars for People with Visual Impairments in Social Virtual Reality

  Tiger F. Ji, Brianna Cochran, Yuhang Zhao (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2022)

  This paper introduces VRBubble, an audio-based interaction technique designed to make social virtual reality environments accessible to people with visual impairments (PVI). While social VR platforms like VRChat and Rec Room are growing rapidly as sp…

  • virtual reality accessibility
  • visual impairment
  • spatial audio
  • proxemics
  • social interaction
  • peripheral awareness
  • audio feedback
  • earcons
  • assistive technology
  • avatar awareness