A framework for automatic simulated accessibility assessment in virtual environments

Authors:
Nikolaos Kaklanis;Panagiotis Moschonas;Konstantinos Moustakas;Dimitrios Tzovaras
Affiliations:
Informatics and Telematics Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece and Department of Computing, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom;Informatics and Telematics Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece;Informatics and Telematics Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece;Informatics and Telematics Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece
Venue:
ICDHM'11 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Digital human modeling
Year:
2011

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Abstract

The present paper introduces a framework that enforces the accessibility of products and services by enabling automatic simulated accessibility assessment at all the stages of the development. The proposed framework is based on a new virtual user modelling technique describing in detail all the physical parameters of a user with disability(ies). The proposed user modelling methodology generates a dynamic and parameterizable virtual user model that is used by a simulation framework to assess the accessibility of virtual prototypes. Experimental results illustrate the use of the proposed framework in a realistic application scenario.