Exploring Virtual Reality User Experience for People with Facial Palsy
Details
The talk will cover learnings about how to do research with people with facial palsy and the challenges of adapting the headset and creating experiences for these users. Marg Laing and Claire Baert will explain how user research was brought into the product team and show examples of how user-centered design techniques were employed.
They will discuss their collaboration on a new VR therapy for people with facial palsy, including:
- Applying and adapting user researcher techniques for VR.
- Creating VR therapy and doing research with people with facial palsy.
- Challenge of doing research during the lockdown.
The talk is for anyone interested in user research and VR. Particularly those with a focus on VR for good and medical or rehabilitation applications for VR headsets.
PRESENTER BIOS
Claire Baert is project manager at Emteq who manages a £5m portfolio of health tech projects. Her background is in video games, where she learned about usability, user experience, and accessibility. She is passionate about using games and tech for good.
Marg Laing is a UX researcher, passionate about VR and exploring experiences beyond the rectangle. She has spent the last 20 years teaming up with folks from creative agencies, start-ups, banks, agile developers, and the world in the quest to make stuff better.
ACCESSIBILITY
The presentation will be captioned [cc]. The event will have real-time captions displayed in Hubs and YouTube live stream.
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).
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 Equal Entry for sponsoring.
ACCREDITATION
All A11yVR meetups are pre-approved for IAAP Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAEC).
TIMELINE
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7 - 7:15 PM
Login/explore/troubleshooting audio and video
7:15 - 7:20 PM
Thomas Logan introduction to A11yVR
7:20 - 7:50 PM
Presentation
7:50 - 8 PM
Q&A with attendees that can last a maximum of 30 minutes, but typically runs around 10 minutes.
8 - 9 PM
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.
Exploring Virtual Reality User Experience for People with Facial Palsy