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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Aug 27, 2019 2:48PM

Hello,
If you are at all interested in accessible 360, please join the WebXR spec
project and help shape the future XR experience to be as accessible as
possible.
Right now we are working on making the spec not so visual:
https://github.com/immersive-web/webxr/issues/815
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 1:46 PM Lucy GRECO < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> thanks to both of you unfortunily its the vertual ture option i am
> working with here. the viewer they want to use is not keyboard
> accessable and the only thing i can think of for now is aria hiddin
> for screen readers. the discription the person wanting to use this has
> givin is vary vary good its just getting past that clickable clickable
> stuff smile lucy
> Lucia Greco
> Web Accessibility Evangelist
> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
> University of California, Berkeley
> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
> Follow me on twitter @accessaces
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:37 PM Joshue O Connor - InterAccess <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Hi Lucy,
> >
> > While not a direct answer but related.. there is some interesting work
> > going on in the area of accessible 360, for example the Imac Project. [1]
> >
> > With the Uni of Barcelona/Transmedia and others (Uni of Salford also
> > Patricks old manor). They have done a lot of user testing in the 360
> > space, with people with disabilities. There is also the i2Cat conference
> > next year which looks really interesting. [2]
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > [1] http://www.imac-project.eu
> >
> > [2] https://www.i2cat.net/i2cat-host-acm-tvx-2020/
> >
> > --
> > Joshue O Connor
> > Director | InterAccess.ie
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >