Submission Deadline Extended for the W3C Workshop on Inclusive Design for Immersive Web Standards, 5-6 November

Hello, 

The new registration deadline is Saturday, October 12, for the W3C Workshop on Inclusive Design for Immersive Web Standards, 5-6 November in Seattle, USA.

You can register interest in participating in the workshop via the following form:
  https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/inclusive-xr-workshop/

Thanks to PlutoVR for hosting the workshop. 

Thank you.
Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications

> On 29 Aug 2019, at 10:08 , xueyuan <xueyuan@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> W3C is pleased to call for participation in:
> 
>      W3C Workshop on Inclusive Design for Immersive Web Standards
>      5-6 November 2019, Seattle, WA, USA
>      https://www.w3.org/2019/08/inclusive-xr-workshop/
> 
> Our thanks to PlutoVR for hosting the workshop.
> 
> The goals of the workshop are to:
> * Share existing inclusive XR solutions that will help us create new standards for inclusive XR on the web.
> * Identify accessibility gaps in existing web XR technologies, and consider solutions for closing those gaps.
> * Explore ways to use existing technologies and standards to create innovative solutions for inclusive XR on the web.
> 
> Attendance is free for all invited participants and is open to the public, whether or not W3C members.
> 
> Expected topics of discussion include:
>   * Standards that already exist or are in development that may impact inclusive XR on the Web
>   * Solutions that are already being used to create inclusive XR on the web
>   * Lessons from other areas like location-based VR, gaming, and 360 video
>   * Accessibility limitations of existing web XR technologies
>   * Extensions to existing web XR technologies to enable more inclusive XR on the web
>   * Role of AI in providing real-time audio description or text captions
>   * Using existing APIs to provide alternative modes of interaction
>     (like the Vibration API for tactile feedback, the Gamepad API for alternative input devices)
> 
> For more information on the workshop, please see the workshop details and submission instructions:
>      https://www.w3.org/2019/08/inclusive-xr-workshop/
> 
> If you have any questions, please contact organizer Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>.
> 
> We look forward to seeing you there.
> 
> Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications

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Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Marketing & Communications -  https://www.w3.org
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Received on Friday, 4 October 2019 16:59:04 UTC