Kathrin Gerling
@kathringerling.bsky.social
Professor at KIT, Germany (http://hci.iar.kit.edu). Research on human-computer interaction, accessibility, VR, and games (preferably Quake 3). ERC StG AccessVR and Real-World Lab Accessibility (http://accessibility.kit.edu). she/her
That sounds super interesting - we'll be running a Dagstuhl on HCI games research in the same week, so hopefully there'll be time to learn more about yours over breakfast. :)
October 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
That sounds super interesting - we'll be running a Dagstuhl on HCI games research in the same week, so hopefully there'll be time to learn more about yours over breakfast. :)
Ha! I just read a paper on VR accessibility that uses AI for scene description, and kept wondering whether it wouldn't be easier to pull data from the engine and try to do something meaningful with that. So... thanks for showing that it works, even if in a slightly different setting.
August 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ha! I just read a paper on VR accessibility that uses AI for scene description, and kept wondering whether it wouldn't be easier to pull data from the engine and try to do something meaningful with that. So... thanks for showing that it works, even if in a slightly different setting.
Yes! Gerade zufällig im Spiegel gefunden, und ich habe mich sehr über die nuancierte Darstellung gefreut...danke dafür!
June 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Yes! Gerade zufällig im Spiegel gefunden, und ich habe mich sehr über die nuancierte Darstellung gefreut...danke dafür!
tldr: Interactive seat maps have potential to convey venue accessibility, but are often designed for categories of people that do not reflect diversity of attendees. A better solution would be to think in seat categories. For more detail and nuance - read the full paper! 2/2
March 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
tldr: Interactive seat maps have potential to convey venue accessibility, but are often designed for categories of people that do not reflect diversity of attendees. A better solution would be to think in seat categories. For more detail and nuance - read the full paper! 2/2
You can read our full paper via dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/..., and we hope that it'll inspire future research on sports technology and the role of leisure and joy for all of us. 3/3
HCI, Disability, and Sport: A Literature Review | ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Equitable access to sport for disabled people remains challenging, and technology
is often viewed as a way of addressing barriers. However, little is known about how
disability is approached in such r...
dl.acm.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
You can read our full paper via dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/..., and we hope that it'll inspire future research on sports technology and the role of leisure and joy for all of us. 3/3
We show that sports technology for disabled people often prioritizes health over leisure (although this doesn't need to be a dichotomy, of course), and that value frameworks for the design of sports technology need to be expanded to reflect perspectives of disabled persons. 2/3
February 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We show that sports technology for disabled people often prioritizes health over leisure (although this doesn't need to be a dichotomy, of course), and that value frameworks for the design of sports technology need to be expanded to reflect perspectives of disabled persons. 2/3
And I struggle to understand why hate seems to have become the go-to response to everything. We only have this planet, we only have each other.
January 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
And I struggle to understand why hate seems to have become the go-to response to everything. We only have this planet, we only have each other.
You're still welcome to participate in the study if you're curious and would like to share your thoughts, but we can unfortunately only reimburse participants who live in the EU. :-/
January 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You're still welcome to participate in the study if you're curious and would like to share your thoughts, but we can unfortunately only reimburse participants who live in the EU. :-/
No prior experience with VR needed, but of course welcome. You can sign up via terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/b/7bfbe0d..., you can email Merlin via [email protected], or you can reach out to me here. Any questions - please ask!
VR While Lying Down For People With Limited Mobility (Interview) | DFN-Terminplaner
terminplaner6.dfn.de
January 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
No prior experience with VR needed, but of course welcome. You can sign up via terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/b/7bfbe0d..., you can email Merlin via [email protected], or you can reach out to me here. Any questions - please ask!
Interviews can take place remotely or in person in Karlsruhe, Germany, and last about 60 minutes with 20€ compensation. You need to be 18 or older, and live in the EU. We'd particularly like to hear from women and non-binary people.
January 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Interviews can take place remotely or in person in Karlsruhe, Germany, and last about 60 minutes with 20€ compensation. You need to be 18 or older, and live in the EU. We'd particularly like to hear from women and non-binary people.