Program

Theme 1 - Empowering older adults

• From Consumers to Creators: Empowering Older Adult Placemakers in the Metaverse

  • Sho Conte, Cosmin Munteanu

• Metamemory: Exploring the Resilience of Older Internal Migrants

  • Xiaoxiao Wang, Jingjing Zhang, Huize Wan, Weiwei Zhang, Yuan Yao

• The Relationship Between Older Adults and Virtual Agents in the Metaverse

  • Yasamin Asadi, Aloha Ambe, Margot Brereton

Theme 2 - New interactions

• Improving the accessibility of virtual reality for people with motor and visual impairments

  • Jacob O. Wobbrock, Rachel L. Franz, Melanie Kneitmix

• Generative AI for Accessible and Inclusive Extended Reality ⋆

  • Jens Grubert, Junlong Chen, Per Ola Kristensson

• Challenges of Tele-Emergency Direction Systems with Smart Glass

  • Youngho Lee, Sung Min Lee

Theme 3 - Understanding metaverse platforms

• Reality is Disabling: Toward an Accessible Virtual Reality

  • Kate Clark, Wenqi Tan, Ben Egliston, Marcus Carter

• An Authorable Metaverse: Personalising Spaces into Places for Social Belonging

  • Jihae Han, Andrew Vande Moere, Adalberto L. Simeone

• "Understanding How to Foster Gender-Inclusivity within VR Exergames"

  • Nouran Sadek, Florian 'Floyd' Mueller, Don Samitha Elvitigala

Theme 4 - Guidelines and evaluation

• Evaluating Metaverse Platforms: Status, Direction, and Challenges

  • Jae-eun Shin, Hayun Kim, Boram Yoon, Juhee Park, Woontack Woo

• Towards the Guidelines for More Accessible and Inclusive Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and the Metaverse

  • John J. Dudley, Rosella Galindo, Vanja Garaj, Per Ola Kristensson