XR Access Research Network
The XR Access Research Network fosters a diverse community of researchers pursuing academic-style research across fields and disciplines which have a shared interest in making XR technologies accessible, enabling innovative research, new collaborations, resource-sharing, and translational impact.
Join the research network for updates on current research, funding opportunities, research recruitment, and more!
The XR Access Research Network aims to foster academic-style research across fields and disciplines, with a shared interest in making XR technologies accessible, enabling innovative research, new collaborations, resource-sharing, and translational impact.
The Research Network holds regular seminars and conversations, supports emerging researchers at the undergraduate and graduate levels, creates networking and collaboration opportunities among research groups and between academia and industry. We also bridge the gap between researchers and disabled communities.
If you’d like to participate in the Research Network, we’d love to hear from you! You can join as an individual researcher via our application form. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us via email at info@xraccess.org.
If you’d prefer to participate in research directly, we’re always looking for research participants, especially those with disabilities and/or XR experience.
Past Seminars
All are welcome to register for the XR Access Research Network’s Seminar Series. Stay tuned for an announcement of the next seminar.
Accessible XR Summer Research Program | Final Presentations
August 5, 2022
Each summer, Cornell Tech and Columbia University welcome undergraduates from across the country to their campuses for a NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in accessible XR.
This year, eight students spent the summer learning research methods, building prototypes, and testing new ideas for projects that make XR more accessible to people with disabilities.
You’re invited to view final presentations from the REU project groups on Friday, August 5th at 1pm ET. Students will provide background on their projects and demonstrate the technologies they’ve created. Please join us in congratulating our hard-working students on their successes during this program!
Register for the presentations here >Continue Reading Accessible XR Summer Research Program | Final Presentations
Inclusion and Accessibility in XR: Exploring Experiences | Reginé Gilbert
July 19, 2022
This talk will review what inclusion and accessibility mean for extended reality and the metaverse. By examining existing heuristics and researching existing methods for accessibility, the discovery has been made that new principles need to be adopted to create more equitable experiences. We will discuss ongoing research on accessible augmented reality. Register for the talk here.Continue Reading Inclusion and Accessibility in XR: Exploring Experiences | Reginé Gilbert
Making Virtual Reality More Accessible for Persons with Balance Impairments | Dr. John Quarles
June 21, 2022
Although consumer level virtual reality (VR) head mounted displays (HMDs) (e.g., HTC Vive) are becoming more prevalent today, these VR developers typically do not consider persons with disabilities, such as persons with balance impairments (e.g., persons with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, or stroke). Thus, many immersive VR applications, such as education, physical fitness, rehabilitation, and entertainment, are not accessible to users with balance impairments. Continue Reading Making Virtual Reality More Accessible for Persons with Balance Impairments | Dr. John Quarles