{"id":15355,"date":"2024-04-25T10:51:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=15355"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:41","slug":"call-for-gamers-with-upper-limb-motor-impairments-co-design-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2024\/call-for-gamers-with-upper-limb-motor-impairments-co-design-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Gamers with Upper Limb Motor Impairments &#8211; Co-Design Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Call for Gamers with Upper Limb Motor Impairments &#8211; Co-Design Workshop\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Are you a gamer with upper limb motor impairments who&#8217;s passionate about gaming and accessibility? Join <a href=\"https:\/\/cil.csit.carleton.ca\/\" rel=\"home\">Creative Interactions Lab<\/a> to help shape the future of accessible VR experiences through an online co-design workshop where you will collaborate with fellow gamers and VR designers focused on creating customizable VR controllers for gamers with upper limb motor impairments. The workshop will be conducted remotely on Zoom in two phases: Critique Phase and Future Phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>18 years or older<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>game at least 4 hours\/week on any gaming platform<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>self identify as having an upper limb impairment that hinders their gameplay experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>No prior VR experience is necessary. As a compensation for your time and contribution, you will receive a $50 Amazon gift card for participating in both phases of the workshop ($20 after Phase 1 and $30 after Phase 2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For detailed information and link to participate, click on the link below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SqMtTaw8yr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cil.csit.carleton.ca\/accessiblevr\/\">Towards Accessible Virtual Reality: Exploring Controller Adaptations for Gamers with Upper Limb Motor Impairments<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Towards Accessible Virtual Reality: Exploring Controller Adaptations for Gamers with Upper Limb Motor Impairments&#8221; &#8212; Creative Interactions Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/cil.csit.carleton.ca\/accessiblevr\/embed\/#?secret=rejXLYMqqe#?secret=SqMtTaw8yr\" data-secret=\"SqMtTaw8yr\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, feel free to connect <a href=\"mailto:manyakakkar@cmail.carleton.ca\">manyakakkar@cmail.carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a gamer with upper limb motor impairments who&#8217;s passionate about gaming and accessibility? Join Creative Interactions Lab to help shape the future of accessible VR experiences through an online co-design workshop where you will collaborate with fellow gamers and VR designers focused on creating customizable VR controllers for gamers with upper limb motor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-undergrad-opportunities"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"announcement"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15358,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355\/revisions\/15358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}