Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
2-2017
Abstract
We describe our vision for Empath-D, our system to enable Empathetic User Interface Design. Our key idea is to leverage Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR / AR) displays to provide an Immersive Reality environment, where developers/designers can emulate impaired interactions by elderly or disabled users while testing the usability of their applications. Our early experiences with the Empath-D prototype show that Empath-D can emulate a cataract vision impairment of the elderly and guide designers to create accessible web pages with less mental workload.
Keywords
Accessibility, AR, VR, Design, Empathy
Discipline
Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces | Software Engineering
Research Areas
Software and Cyber-Physical Systems
Publication
HotMobile '17: Proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, Sonoma, CA, USA, 2017 February 21-22
First Page
55
Last Page
60
ISBN
9781450349079
Identifier
10.1145/3032970.3032981
Publisher
ACM
City or Country
New York
Citation
CHOO, Kenny Tsu Wei; BALAN, Rajesh Krishna; TAN, Kiat Wee; MISRA, Archan; and LEE, Youngki.
Empath-D: Empathetic design for accessibility. (2017). HotMobile '17: Proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, Sonoma, CA, USA, 2017 February 21-22. 55-60.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3634
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
http://doi.org./10.1145/3032970.3032981