Recent Projects

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Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

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RASSAR

2022 – Present

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GazePointAR

2022 – Present

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LabelAId

2023 – Present

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Project Sidewalk + Community Science

2021 – Present

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Sidewalk Equity

2022 – Present

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Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility

2015 – Present

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ARTennis

2023 – Present

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Recent Papers

SonifyAR: Context-Aware Sound Effect Generation in Augmented Reality

CHI 2024

Xia Su, Eunyee Koh, Chang Xiao

PDF | doi | Citation | SonifyAR: Context-Aware Sound Generation in Augmented Reality

GazePointAR: A Context-Aware Multimodal Voice Assistant for Pronoun Disambiguation in Wearable Augmented Reality

CHI 2024

Jaewook Lee, Jun Wang, Elizabeth Brown, Liam Gene Ping Chu, Sebastian S. Rodriguez, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Citation | GazePointAR

LabelAId: Just-in-time AI Interventions for Improving Human Labeling Quality and Domain Knowledge in Crowdsourcing Systems

CHI 2024

Chu Li, Zhihan Zhang, Mikey Saugstad, Esteban Safranchik, Minchu Kulkarni, Xiaoyu Huang, Shwetak Patel, Vikram Iyer, Tim Althoff, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation | LabelAId • Project Sidewalk

“Caption It in an Accessible Way That Is Also Enjoyable”: Characterizing User-Driven Captioning Practices on TikTok

CHI 2024

Emma McDonnell, Tessa Eagle, Pitch Sinlapanuntakul, Soo Hyun Moon, Kathryn Ringland, Jon E. Froehlich, Leah Findlater

PDF | doi | Citation

MoiréWidgets: High-Precision, Passive Tangible Interfaces via Moiré Effect

CHI 2024

Daniel Campos Zamora, Mustafa Doga Dogan, Alexa Siu, Eunyee Koh, Chang Xiao

PDF | doi | Citation

Playing on Hard Mode: Accessibility, Difficulty, and Joy in Video Game Adoption for Gamers with Disabilities

CHI 2024

Jesse Martinez, Jon E. Froehlich, James Fogarty

PDF | doi | Citation

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Recent Videos

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RASSAR: Room Accessibility and Safety Scanning in Augmented Reality

Project Sidewalk: Crowd+AI Techniques to Map & Assess the World's Sidewalks

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Recent Talks

RASSAR: Room Accessibility and Safety Scanning in Augmented Reality

May 15, 2024 | CHI 2024

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

PDF | PPTX | RASSAR

GazePointAR: A Context-Aware Multimodal Voice Assistant for Pronoun Disambiguation in Wearable Augmented Reality

May 15, 2024 | CHI

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

PDF | PPTX | GazePointAR

LabelAId: Just-in-time AI Interventions for Improving Human Labeling Quality and Domain Knowledge in Crowdsourcing Systems

May 14, 2024 | CHI 2024

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

PDF | PPTX | LabelAId

“I never realized sidewalks were a big deal”: A Case Study of a Community-Driven Sidewalk Audit Using Project Sidewalk

May 9, 2024 | CHI 2024

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

PDF | PPTX | Project Sidewalk + Community Science

Project Sidewalk: Crowd+AI Techniques to Map & Assess the World's Sidewalks

Feb. 29, 2024 | NSF Smart and Connected Communities Panel on “Pathways to Transitioning Project Outcomes"

Nashville, Tennessee

PDF | PPTX | Project Sidewalk + Community Science | Project Sidewalk | Deep Learning for Sidewalk Assessment

At the Intersection of Disability Justice, Pedestrian Safety, and Health

Jan. 7, 2024 | 103rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting

Washington DC

A Large-Scale Mixed-Methods Analysis of Blind and Low-vision Research in ACM and IEEE

Oct. 29, 2023 | ASSETS'23

NYC

PDF | PPTX | Accessibility Literature Survey

SciStarter + Project Sidewalk: MLK Jr. Day of Service

Jan. 10, 2023 | SciStarter

Zoom

PDF | Project Sidewalk

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