HCII Seminar Series - Martez Mott
Speaker
Martez Mott
Senior Researcher, Ability Team, Microsoft Research Redmond
When
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Where
Newell-Simon Hall 1305
Video
Video link
Description
"Designing Accessible Virtual Reality Experiences for People with Limited Mobility"
Virtual Reality (VR) offers compelling ways for people to interact with digital content in various domains such as education, gaming, communication, and design. However, VR platforms can be partially or completely inaccessible to people with disabilities. In particular, the expectation that people can move their bodies to interact with virtual content can present many challenges to people with limited mobility. As VR technology matures, and as commercial VR systems continue to grow in popularity, we have an opportunity to incorporate accessibility as a fundamental component in the design of VR systems and applications. In this talk, I will describe ongoing research that identifies and eliminates accessibility barriers that prevent people with limited mobility from engaging with VR.
Speaker's Bio
Dr. Martez Mott is a Senior Researcher in the Ability group at Microsoft Research where he conducts research in the fields of human-computer interaction, accessibility, mixed reality, and human-centered AI. His research focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating novel intelligent interactive technologies that are guided by scientific understandings of people’s experiences with computers and information. He is best known for his research on improving accessibility for people with limited mobility by identifying and dismantling accessibility barriers found in a range of computing technologies, including touch screens, gaze-based text entry, and virtual reality hardware. Dr. Mott is passionate about improving diversity in Computer and Information Science. He co-chaired the 2020 and 2021 CHI Mentoring Workshops at the ACM CHI conference and co-founded the Black Researchers @ Microsoft Research employee resource group. Dr. Mott received a M.S. and Ph.D. in Information Science from the Information School at the University of Washington and a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University. He is the recipient of the 2024 Skip Ellis Early Career Award from the Computing Research Association.
Speaker's Website
http://www.martezmott.com/
Host
Patrick Carrington