[Live] WEBCAST TODAY: A11yVR – VR Interactions – A comparison between Gaze, Controller and Hand w/ Sam Qorbani

[ISOC_live]

  Correction on the YouTube link, it is https://youtu.be/fhtBit-O4YY

On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 7:00 PM ISOC_live <support at isoc.live> wrote:

>
> In case you thought Global Accessibility Awareness Day was merely
> terrestrial, think again! And, hey, no social distancing!
>
> ISOC Live posted: "Today, Thursday May 21 2020 at 7pm EDT (23:00 UTC) the
> Accessibility VR Meetup hosts 'VR Interactions - A comparison between Gaze,
> Controller and Hand' on Mozilla Hubs. Object selection and manipulation are
> an essential part of any Virtual Reality (VR) ex"
>
> [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr3>Today,*
> Thursday May 21 2020* at *7pm EDT* (23:00 UTC) the *Accessibility VR
> Meetup <https://www.meetup.com/a11yvr>* hosts '*VR Interactions - A
> comparison between Gaze, Controller and Hand
> <https://www.meetup.com/a11yvr/events/269949101/>*' on Mozilla Hubs.
> Object selection and manipulation are an essential part of any Virtual
> Reality (VR) experience, and several studies are done every year to explore
> this area of technology. For the person(s) with a temporary or permanent
> physical disability, virtual reality (VR) means the potential to try
> activities which they usually cannot do in real life. However, the use of a
> controller can be challenging for certain users with limited hand/finger
> dexterity. *Sam Qorbani* will talk about how he is exploring object
> selection and manipulation using gaze-based/head tracking for Immersive
> Virtual Reality (IVR) environment using the Oculus Quest device. The
> session will be webcast live via a partnership with the *Internet Society
> Accessibility SIG <https://a11ySIG.org>* (A11ySIG).
>
> *LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr3
> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr3>* (open captions)
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> *YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/yqoKLNdGCTA <https://youtu.be/yqoKLNdGCTA>*
> (open captions)
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> *PARTICIPATE: https://hubs.mozilla.com/G6edX79/a11yvr-project/
> <https://hubs.mozilla.com/G6edX79/a11yvr-project/>* (open captions)
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> *TWITTER: @a11yvr <http://bit.ly/A11yVR> | #VRinteraction
> <https://bit.ly/VRinteraction>*
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> *Permalink*
> https://isoc.live/12087/
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