I presented on the topic of ‘technologies of disability in virtual worlds’ at an event hosted by Dr Anna Hickey-Moody in the Department of Gender & Cultural Studies, School of Philosophical & Historical Inquiry at the University of Sydney on the 31st July 2009. The seminar focused on understanding technology as an act of thought [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Assistive Technologies’
Presentation on Technologies of Disability in Virtual Worlds
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, disability, engagement, ethics, politics, Web 2.0 on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Radio 5RPH Interview on Accessibility of Web 2.0 and 3D Virtual Worlds
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, disability, Web 2.0 on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My segment on Radio 5RPH during the Lifestyles program on the 27th July 2009 focused on challenges associated with ensuring Web 2.0 and 3D virtual worlds are accessible. We touched on the Boston conference and also the implications of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2, which were finally approved in December 2008. These [...]
Boston Accessing the Future Conference
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, disability, Web 2.0 on August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Boston Accessing the Future Conference mixed media presentation
Radio RPH interview
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, disability on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I spoke about the Helen Keller event and accessibility in 3D virtual worlds such as Second Life last Saturday. You can download and listen to the radio interview from here: htttp://www.unisanet.UniSA.edu.au/3dvle/media/rph_ll1_270609.mp3 I will be doing a monthly segment on interesting developments in Web 2.0 and 3D virtual worlds on the last Saturday of each month [...]
Helen Keller Day in Second Life
Posted in 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, Disability Studies, Uncategorized, tagged 3D Virtual Worlds, Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, disability on May 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Helen Keller Day in Second Life was launched at midnight 27th June 2009 PST by Simon Stephens (AKA Simon Walsh). The event was organised by Virtual Helping Hands and a coalition of community volunteers in Second Life. Helen Keller Day is a community-event exploring how and why to employ, educate, entertain, and engage everyone [...]
