Understanding, Modeling, and Overcoming 'Blind Spots'

一些人面临的障碍使他们难以克服不平等和独立。因此，我的研究的总体目标是开发工具和方法，以帮助研究和开发无障碍系统。具体来说，为了消除这些障碍，我的工作的过度主题是从三个方面消除隐喻的“盲点”。首先，我解决色觉缺陷（CVD -俗称色盲）。创建和评估新的颜色再可视化技术，并通过探索其在日益逼真的情况下的可行性来推动我们的研究结果的生态有效性，这是特别有趣的。这些研究最终将产生具有高精度和实用性的颜色再可视化技术，使其为商业化做好准备。其次，在构建工具，使设计师能够专注于情景视觉障碍（SVI）。与设计师合作将使新开发的设计工具无缝嵌入到他们的工作流程中，这与全球用户功能和产品可访问性的改善直接相关。第三，在研究由于COVID-19而将HCI研究转移到网上的不可预见的副作用方面。虚拟环境将如何影响实验，实验者和参与者的研究结果将直接影响任何与人类参与者进行在线研究的研究领域。在短期内，这项研究将：1）创建和评估新的颜色再可视化技术，2）产生新的设计软件工具，和3）获得知识的实验者/参与者在虚拟环境中的互动。从长远来看，我的研究将允许技术和方法的发展，提高每个人的能力，体验他们周围的世界。结果：旨在缓解人们日常生活中遇到的问题的研究。

The barriers some humans face make it difficult for them to overcome inequalities and be independent. As such, the overall objective of my research is to develop tooling and methodologies to assist in the research and development of accessible systems. Specifically, to remove these impediments, the over-arching theme of my work is to eradicate metaphorical `blind spots' in three ways. Firstly, I address colour vision deficiency (CVD - commonly known as colourblindness). Creating and evaluating new colour revisualization techniques and pushing the ecological validity of our findings by exploring their feasibility in increasingly lifelike situations is of particular interest. These studies will ultimately result in colour revisualization techniques that have high precision and utility, making them ready for commercialization. Secondly, in building tools for designers to be able to focus on Situational Visual Impairments (SVIs). Working in collaboration with designers will allow newly developed design tools to be seamlessly embedded into their workflow which directly correlates to the improvements in accessibility of features and products for users globally. Thirdly, in studying the unforeseen side effects of moving HCI research online due to COVID-19. The findings of how a virtual environment will affect experiments, experimenters, and participants will have direct influence on any research fields that conduct online studies with human participants. In the short term, this research will: 1) create and evaluate new colour revisualization techniques, 2) produce new design software tools, and 3) obtain knowledge of experimenter/participant interactions in a virtual environment. Long term, my research will allow the development of technologies and methodologies that enhance each person's ability to experience the world around them. The outcome: research that aims to alleviate the everyday issues people experience.