We're excited to share that the PACM issue containing full papers that will be presented at CHI PLAY 2025 has just gone online 👉 dl.acm.org/toc/pacmhci/... #chiplay #chiplay2025

Tag der offenen Tür mit Campus-Tag am #KIT am 17. Mai 2025, und wir sind auch dabei mit umfangreichem Programm: www.informatik.kit.edu/14708.php #TdoT

The advent tram arrived early this year...

Time for the traditional holiday Lego monorail construction project...

Was dieser Mann in dem Video erzählt, das sind die Lügen der "Cure Autism Industry", wenn ich das mal so nennen darf. #Autismus ist angeboren und genetisch. Autisten sind keine Tragödie, zerstören keine Familien. Autisten leiden nicht per se. 1/5

The advantage of being a light sleeper in unfamiliar environments: Waking early and having time to explore. This time it's TU Graz - looking forward to joining #fdg2025 today to talk about equitable access to games. #fdg

📢We have shared the notifications for submitted Full Papers with the corresponding authors! chiplay.acm.org/2025/2025/04... @acm-sigchi.bsky.social #chiplay2025 #chiplay

UTwente has such a beautiful campus. Also an odd trip down memory lane, the last time I was in the area must've been around 2003 for Drome 10.

📢 Speaker announcement! @kathringerling.bsky.social will be presenting her research paper on representation of invisible disability: exploring the lived experience of teenagers with ADHD to inform game design. April 14th - 15th, registration & line-up at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

We may not be traveling to Japan for #chi2025, but our work certainly is: Here's a pre-print of @lukestrowalker.bsky.social 's autoethnography that explores whether digital ticket booking systems support accessibility of large public events. publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000179652 1/2

How does HCI accessibility research approach the design of sports technology for disabled users? @lukestrowalker.bsky.social explored this question in his literature review that has just been accepted to the ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI). 1/3

I've always been interested in politics, and learning about different political systems while living in different countries has been really neat. These days though, politics mostly leave me with a heavy heart.

The next edition of GAconf will be at the Pullman St Pancras Hotel, London, on April 14th & 15th. And hybrid, also free to attend online. Two days of talks and networking on accessibility for disabled players. Registration now open at GAconf.com! #accessibility #gamedev

Wishing everyone a very playful 2025! 🎉 We're happy to announce an open call for two positions on the DiGRA Belgium board: (1) Co-Chair and (2) Treasurer. Deadline: 10 February 2025. If interested, please contact Pierre-Yves Houlmont with a letter of motivation!

Interview participants needed: VR while lying down has been researched for non-disabled users, but nothing is known about disabled people's needs and preferences when using VR while reclining on a chair, or lying on a couch or bed.

Interview participants needed: VR while lying down has been researched for non-disabled users, but nothing is known about disabled people's needs and preferences when using VR while reclining on a chair, or lying on a couch or bed.

Genuinely excited about every new human follower.

Electric mobility in a world long gone at Bergbaumuseum Bochum. If you're ever in the Ruhr area in Germany, put it on your list.

Happy holidays, people, we're almost there. Here's our lab cat ready to celebrate...

So...will I attend the social event although I'm exhausted, or will I be exhausted by guilt because I wasn't there?

Kennt ihr das ZKM in Karlsruhe? Dort gibt es die Ausstellung GamePlay, welche sich in 5 thematischen "Leveln" mit Games auseinandersetzt. Unter dem Titel "PlayAble" setzt Level 5 nun einen Schwerpunkt auf Zugänglichkeit. 1/

Christmas came early this year: We finally have a permanent tactile guiding system leading to our hallway at work.

It's advent tram time in Karlsruhe and the kid couldn't be happier.

🎮Are you a PhD student with focus on game/play? Would you like to discuss your research with other students and senior researchers? Apply to #FDG 2025 doctoral consortium. @svencharleer.bsky.social and me are looking forward to your submissions, Deadline: 23 Jan - fdg2025.org/authorinform...

Danke @querbr.bsky.social für euren Beitrag bzgl Entlohnung in den Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen. Verbraucher*innen wollen, Transparenz + Klarheit. Die Menschen in den Werkstätten, die gute Arbeit leisten, möchten, dafür fair bezahlt werden, Rechte erhalten, was auch Wertschätzung bedeutet.

Such a lovely recognition...and...very exciting!? Regardless of which paper ends up with an award, it is really nice to see research from the HCI and games community make it beyond purely academic venues.

First time decorating our tiny Christmas tree in years without needing to spend hours looking for our decorations. Because it also is the first time in years we're not moving place or countries.

Help with CHI Late Breaking Work program! We are looking for associate chairs (ACs). Not only is the LBW an excellent track for our community to show new work at CHI, but it is also an important step to train new ACs in our community: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #hci #CHI2025

There are two very important lessons in this. (1) Situational disability is very common. (2) Rather than asking students to procure accommodation letters, ask yourself “How can I make my course accessible?” 1/

CHI 2026 Barcelona Open Call for volunteers is Open! Please sign up to join the team! This is for organizing and technical committees (excluding subcommittee chairs and area chairs for the papers program…that comes later). Details in the submission form. www.surveymonkey.com/r/GGPYYPD

🦋 Looking for some great accounts to follow? May we suggest all of the #Gaconf speakers we've managed to track down so far? A great mix of game devs, accessibility advocates and disabled gamers all in one place! #gamedev #a11y go.bsky.app/JCwPeM3

Dear followers old and new, it is so nice to be able to follow fellow researchers, games industry people, and the disability community in the same place again. If you’re curious about the work that we do, here are a few recent examples: (1/5)

There are so many great starter packs to help newcomers to find the community. I just created one for HCI + Games, hope this can be helpful to find us also here on Bluesky. Many are missing, so please let me know if you like to be added. go.bsky.app/CTm8Qea

Love the influx of academics to Bluesky. Will this be our new 🏠? To help grow the community, I just created an HCI+Accessibility "starter pack". Help me grow the list! Many are missing! go.bsky.app/PZxHNqP

Trains of the world: Pendolino connecting Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Sadly, we did not travel all the way to Milan, but got off in Freiburg and went back home by less exciting means of travel.

I'm on all the platforms and I hate all of them

As much as I dislike traveling, I do love to explore university campuses. Pictured here: A calm moment at the University of Lisbon.

We are looking for children and parents to take part in a short interview study on experiences with physical or occupational therapy by the child. The study can be done remotely & is remunerated with 30€. If you are interested or have questions, please reach out to Mary via [email protected].

Working on AR, VR, games, or other immersive technology with a focus on accessibility? Please consider joining us for our @mucConf 2024 workshop in Karlsruhe and online! We welcome contributions in a variety of formats, due on June 30th 2024. More at www.accessibility.kit.edu/english/muc2....

I miss the time when academic social media wasn’t fragmented across so many platforms. Where does everyone procrastinate these days?