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• A Participatory Design Approach to Creating Echolocation-Enabled Virtual Environments

  Ronny Andrade, Steven Baker, Jenny Waycott, Frank Vetere · 2022 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This participatory design study investigates how echolocation can be implemented in virtual environments to make them accessible to people with visual impairment. The researchers worked with three expert echolocators—people who have developed the ability to use sound and its…

  echolocation · virtual reality · participatory design · visual impairment · game accessibility

• Do You Hear What I Hear: The Balancing Act of Designing an Electronic Hockey Puck for Playing Hockey Non-Visually

  Tristan Cooper, Lauren Milne, Abhinav Shripad, Gayla Bassham · 2022 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This research investigates the design requirements for an electronic hockey puck that enables blind and visually impaired players to locate and track the puck through sound. Blind hockey currently uses a league-standard puck (LSP) containing ball bearings that rattle when…

  blind sports · auditory feedback · sound localization · assistive sports equipment · accessible design

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