Computer Science doctoral candidate focuses on ways to make virtual reality more accessible

Computer science doctoral candidate Johann Wentzel aims to make virtual reality (VR) more accessible for disabled people.

“Most of my work is in making VR more accessible for people with motor disabilities or impairments by using the input devices they already have rather than potentially inaccessible VR controllers,” Wentzel says. 

For example, Wentzel looks at how to define meaningful VR experiences for someone who only has access to a button switch and a joystick on their power chair.

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