Is second life accessible for people with severe physical disabilities? Results from two experiments

Ming Chung Chen; Yu Tang Chen; Chien Chuan Ko; Ting Fang Wu

Is second life accessible for people with severe physical disabilities? Results from two experiments

Ming Chung Chen, Yu Tang Chen, Chien Chuan Ko, Ting Fang Wu

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Second Life (SL), one of the popular virtual environments, has been regarded as the new e-learning platform. However, people with disabilities might meet difficulties when interact with SL because of the complex operating methods. In order to evaluate the accessibility of Second Life, this study conducted a simulated experiment first to explore the effectiveness of using three popular adaptive computer devices to execute tasks in SL. Then this study adopted a single case experiment to investigate if the people with severe physical impairment could complete the required tasks by using their equipped adaptive devices. The results of the two experiments indicated that people could use the adaptive devices to complete the required tasks in the SL.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	7th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, i-CREATe 2013, in Conjunction with SENDEX 2013 - Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of Duration: 2013 Aug 29 → 2013 Aug 31

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Conference	7th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, i-CREATe 2013, in Conjunction with SENDEX 2013
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Gyeonggi-do
Period	2013/08/29 → 2013/08/31

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Accessibility
People with physical disabilities
Second life

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Is second life accessible for people with severe physical disabilities? Results from two experiments. / Chen, Ming Chung; Chen, Yu Tang; Ko, Chien Chuan et al.
2013. Paper presented at 7th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, i-CREATe 2013, in Conjunction with SENDEX 2013, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of.

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