Accessibility for 3D Virtual Worlds: Audio descriptions and mental models for navigation

• In Event: DELT- Accessibility for 3D Virtual Worlds: Audio descriptions and mental models for navigation

Short Description

This presentation describes a project that seek to develop best practices for creating audio description for 3D virtual worlds (3D VW) in order to provide access to students with visual disabilities but quickly learned that enabling blind and visually impaired users to construct a mental model of the 3D virtual space is paramount. Our research suggests that auditory support, such as providing environmental sounds through object interaction would help users to form a mental model of the 3D VW.

Authors

• Presenter: Peter Leong, University of Hawaii-Manoa

• Presenter: Melissa Peterson, University of Hawaii-Manoa

• Presenter: Sarah Espinosa, University of Hawaii-Manoa