Hi all! I've posted about this study once a few months ago, but I'm posting again since we're looking to recruit a few more participants.

I'm one of two student researchers from the Enhancing Ability Lab at Cornell Tech. We’re studying the accessibility of navigating in 3D virtual environments. We’ve created a virtual environment with spatial audio based accessibility features, and we’re conducting a study to evaluate our virtual prototype and identify ways that we can improve it. We’re looking for participants who are 18 or older and have a visual impairment, ideally screenreader users, to test out our prototype and give us feedback/suggestions for improvements. All you need to participate is Google Chrome, a regular keyboard, and earbuds/headphones! No gaming or VR experience required!

This study will be completed remotely over web-conferencing software, e.g. Zoom. Participation includes three parts: an introductory interview, task completion in the virtual environment, and a followup interview. In the first interview, we will ask for some basic demographics information. Then we will explain to you how to access and use our virtual environment, and once you are comfortable with using it, we’ll ask you to complete some tasks (e.g. navigate to a certain place). In the follow-up interview, we’ll ask about your experience and feedback, which we’ll use to keep improving our prototype.

Your identity will be kept completely anonymous if we publish results of the study. Participation takes approximately 1.5 hours total, and we will provide a $25 Amazon gift card as compensation for your time.

If you’re interested in participating, please PM me or leave a reply to let me know so that I can get in contact with you via email to send the consent form and set up a call! Please let me know about your availability for the remainder of this week and next week. Thanks!