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MultiVis: Improving Access to Visualizations for Visually Impaired People

David McGookin is talking about MultiVis

graph-based visualizations
accessing a graph when you're visualizing impaired is a problem; hard to make
phantom omni is a 3D computer mouse
user holds on to pen and move it around in space
also uses speech and non-speech sounds

interactive graph construction
automatic graph construction is what you do in Excel
automatic graph construction doesn't actually teach you about graphs or shows your understanding of graphs
visually impaired people can't use graph paper to create graphs

developed GraphBuilder and evaluated it with a group of visually impaired users

questions:
have you thought for going with a two-handed interface?
we're looking into that but it increases the complexity and the cost (since you'd need two phantoms)

A Haptic Memory Game using the STReSS2 Tactile Display

based on classic memory card game where players turn pairs of cards that display the same image
created a tactile display device based on this game
cards with combined renderings
users are shown the cards present
ideally players would play the game blindly

questions:
how hard is it to expand it to five fingers or will you lose the users?
it is rather easy to do but the price of the device skyrockets

Memory-Rich Clothing

from XS Labs

"soft computation"
shape-changing textiles
Vilkas dress - hem line that moves up and down automatically
Kukkia dress - flowers that close and open automatically

clothing is intimate, physical and daily interactions get recorded on your clothing
intimate memory shirt and skirt - reacts to whispers and gropes through lights
constellation dresses - snaps on three dresses, to light dresses, users snap their dresses to one another
octopus modules - small little modules with different input and output devices, change lights based on movement