Meeting in Multiple Dimensions: Reality for Audiences with Mixed Abilities
Details
Jonathan de Armas will walk us through a timeline of accessibility in group meeting software, including some of the recent XR offerings. We will touch on today's fractured landscape of 2D and 3D tools following 2020’s online collaboration boom. Through a few examples, we will explore challenges and strategies as we engage audiences of mixed abilities with the tools available today. Finally, we’ll wrap with some Q&A on the future and what we each can do from here.
PRESENTER BIO
Jonathan de Armas (JdA) is a Partner at Diamond (diamond.la), developing well-crafted, inclusive experiences built on scalable infrastructure solutions for major networks, studios, and other content creators.
JdA is an avid early adopter of new gadgets and can be found regularly in his VR headset for fitness, productivity, and entertainment. He's been working in the Digital Media space as an entrepreneur, developer, and CTO for over two decades.
ACCESSIBILITY
The presentation will be #Captioned [cc]. Captions provided by Mirabai Knight. The event will have the real-time text translation displayed in Hubs.
Mozilla Hubs holds weekly office hours that can be used to practice and gain an understanding of how to interact in Mozilla Hubs.
LIVESTREAM
We will have video streaming of the event to YouTube via a partnership with the Internet Society Accessibility SIG (a11ySIG).
Link: https://youtu.be/V5U_jrufweA
If you are unable to join via Hubs, we encourage you to watch the stream on YouTube and ask questions. As we begin meeting regularly each month we will capture feedback on ways we can be more accessible and inclusive in virtual reality and start incorporating them into a set of Best Practices.
SPONSORS
Thanks to Thomas Logan and Equal Entry for sponsoring.
ACCREDITATION
All A11yVR meetups are pre-approved for IAAP Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAEC).
TIMELINE
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This timeline is based on New York ET time zone.
6:30 - 7:40
Login/explore/troubleshooting audio and video
6:40 - 6:45
Thomas Logan introduction to A11yVR
6:45 - 7:30
Presentation
7:30 - 7:50
Q&A with attendees
7:50 -8:30
Breakout sessions in small groups to get to know each other in virtual reality. It is up to you if you want to stay and continue meeting other people in the room.