Free webinar: Inclusive Extended Reality (XR)
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Products to support hybrid workplace communication, collaboration, and co-presence are driving the adoption of Extended Reality (XR) and immersive technologies!
In this session, Ashley Coffey will share themes from PEAT's "Inclusive XR & Hybrid Work Toolkit" and resources from community efforts to make XR and immersive technologies accessible to people with disabilities.
In addition, Ashley will share her lived experience, perspectives, and practices that can be used to help ensure that immersive collaboration technologies are designed with disability inclusion in mind.
Topics that will be covered:
- Introduction into XR
- Defining XR
- The current state of XR
- Why it's crucial that it's built inclusively
- Potential applications for XR in various industries
- Career paths in XR
- Technical/coding (languages)
- Non-Technical/product managers/project managers (roles)
- Q&A
About the speaker:
Ashley Coffey (she/her) is a Consultant on Emerging Technology Accessibility at the Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT). In this role, she works to advance the accessibility of emerging workplace technologies to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Ashley also leads the Business Case XR workstream within the XR Access initiative and serves as a leader on the Community & Engagement Team. She is passionate about furthering the adoption of inclusive design for accessible technology.
Previously, Ashley has worked as an Emerging Technologies Librarian at the University of Oklahoma, implementing inclusive design practices for integrating XR tools for research, instruction, and innovation.
Read more about inclusive XR in Ashley's recent PEAT blog post: "What's Happening in Inclusive XR. "