Accessible Gaming Wearables: Opportunities for Players with Upper Limb Motor Disabilities

There has been increased interest in how wearables can offer new avenues of interaction in video games. However, understanding how wearable devices can support accessible gaming is missing. My research aims to explore this potential with users with upper limb motor disabilities to understand their experiences with video games and wearable devices. My thesis is divided into two parts. Firstly, I interviewed gamers with upper limb motor disabilities to understand their lived experiences in playing video games and using wearable technology. Secondly, I explored the design space of accessible gaming wearables using participatory design fiction sessions to envision the future of wearable technology and accessible video games. My study also offers methodological contributions to the HCI community by demonstrating how dialogic/performance analysis can be applied to participatory design fiction research.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Applied Science (M.App.Sc.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Loewen, Georgia Belle Von Kampen

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2023 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, distribution to students, research and scholarship. Theses may only be shared by linking to the Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be copied without proper attribution to the author; no part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/2023-15703

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/40886