Award-Winning HCI PhD Candidate A11y Researcher
I am currently researching haptic technologies for sensory augmentation in immersive environments, with the aim of helping to make virtual reality more accessible to people with sensory impairments. I have contributed to high-impact publications in leading conferences and journals, including winning the Student Research Competition Graduate Gold Medal at ASSETS '22 as a Master's student, a first author publication in the Q1 IJHCI journal within my first year of PhD research, and a first author full paper at CHI '25. With a background marked by academic excellence, distinguished awards, and a lived experience of disability, I am dedicated to leveraging my interdisciplinary expertise to drive transformative research and practical solutions in accessible immersive technologies.
This paper analyses 330 of the most-used commercial VR apps, revealing common accessibility failures and providing a framework for more inclusive design. doi for Asleep at the Virtual Wheel (opens in a new tab) - PDF for Asleep at the Virtual Wheel (opens in a new tab) - Video for Asleep at the Virtual Wheel (opens in a new tab) - Poster for Asleep at the Virtual Wheel (opens in a new tab)
In this work, we reviewed locomotion methods in popular VR apps, categorising them to understand current trends and identify opportunities for more accessible techniques. doi for From Teleportation to Climbing (opens in a new tab) - PDF for From Teleportation to Climbing (opens in a new tab) - Poster for From Teleportation to Climbing (opens in a new tab)
This award-winning research explored methods for presenting sign language interpreters within 360-degree videos to improve accessibility for d/Deaf users. doi for Sign Language Interpreter Rendering (opens in a new tab) - PDF for Sign Language Interpreter Rendering (opens in a new tab) - Video for Sign Language Interpreter Rendering (opens in a new tab) - Poster for Sign Language Interpreter Rendering (opens in a new tab)