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SUMMARY:Voices of XR: Shiri Azenkot
DESCRIPTION:XR Access: Making Virtual and Augmented Reality Accessible to 
 People with Disabilities\n\nShiri Azenkot is an Associate Professor of 
 Information Science at Cornell Tech who does not like bloated bios. So here 
 are the basics: Shiri researches accessibility\, with a focus on emerging 
 platforms like augmented and virtual reality. She publishes at the typical 
 top venues for accessibility and HCI and has received the typical awards 
 for someone at this stage in her career. She directs the XR Access 
 Initiative. For more information talk to her at the 2024 XR Access 
 Symposium.\n\n\n\nAs augmented and virtual reality (XR) technologies gain 
 traction\, they remain almost completely inaccessible to people with 
 disabilities. How can a blind person walk around a virtual bar in Horizon 
 Worlds? How can a Deaf person have a conversation with a friend in VR Chat? 
 It is critical to think about these challenges and address them proactively 
 before people with disabilities are left further behind.\n\nIn this talk\, 
 she will present XR Access\, which she co-founded to promote XR 
 accessibility research and practice. For the last five years\, XR Access 
 has been bringing together practitioners\, researchers\, and advocates in 
 conferences and seminars\, developing resources\, and supporting students 
 in XR accessibility. She will present a taste of XR accessibility 
 research\, and outline ways in which you too can join this movement.\n\nThe 
 Voices of XR speaker series is made possible by Kathy McMorran Murray and 
 the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) program as 
 part of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Training in the Science\, 
 Technology\, and Applications of Augmented and Virtual Reality at the 
 University of Rochester (#1922591).
LOCATION:Studio X - Carlson 1st Floor\, Carlson
ORGANIZER;CN="Studio X":MAILTO:studiox@library.rochester.edu
CATEGORIES:Studio X, Voices of XR
CONTACT;CN="Studio X":MAILTO:studiox@library.rochester.edu
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