Oct. 30, 2024. Best Paper at ASSETS'24

Oct. 29, 2024. AltGeoViz Receives People Choice Award

Oct. 25, 2024. ARSports Wins Best Paper at IDEATExR'24

Oct. 16, 2024. Receiving Best Paper Inclusion and Belonging Award at UIST

Oct. 11, 2024. 11 Papers, Posters, and Demos at UIST, ASSETS, and VIS

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About Us

The Makeability Lab is an advanced research lab in Human-AI directed by Professor Jon E. Froehlich in the Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington. We specialize in Human-Computer Interaction and applied machine learning for high-impact problems in accessibility, computational urban science, and augmented reality. To learn more, see our recent projects below and read our lab handbook.

Interested in working with us? If you are a current UW undergrad, UW MS student, or local Seattle high school student, please apply here. If you are a prospective PhD student, apply to the UW CSE PhD program and mention Professor Froehlich. Before applying, please read our lab handbook.

Recent Projects

Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

CookAR

2023 – Present

MobiPrint

2022 – Present

AltGeoViz

2024 – Present

Recent Papers

Recent Videos

Towards AI-Powered AR for Enhancing Sports Playability for People with Low Vision: An Exploration of ARSports

A Demo of DIAM: Drone-based Indoor Accessibility Mapping

MobiPrint: A Mobile 3D Printer for Environment Design and Fabrication

Recent Talks

AltGeoViz: Facilitating Accessible Geovisualization

Oct. 13, 2024 | IEEE VIS

St. Pete Beach, Florida

Chu Li

Sponsors

Makeability Lab research is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors. Our research findings, opinions, and/or recommendations may not reflect their views.