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Unlocking Accessible Escape Rooms

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ASSETS '19: Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3308561.3354602

Published: 24 October 2019 Publication History

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Escape rooms are popular recreational activities. Players are locked in a room and must solve a series of puzzles in order to 'escape'. To date there has been no research conducted to examine the accessibility of escape rooms for individuals with disabilities. Escape room designers and players completed an online questionnaire exploring the use of technology and the accessibility of escape rooms. Results show that accessibility remains a key challenge in the design and implementation of escape rooms, despite the inclusion of technology that could be used to improve the experience of users with disabilities

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Unlocking Accessible Escape Rooms
1. Human-centered computing
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ASSETS '19: Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 2019

730 pages

ISBN:9781450366762

DOI:10.1145/3308561

General Chair:
Jeffrey P. Bigham
Carnegie Mellon University., USA
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Shiri Azenkot
Cornell Tech, USA
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Shaun K. Kane
University of Colorado Boulder, USA

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Kakos NLufler RCyr BZwirner CHurley EHeinrich CWilson A(2024)Unlocking knowledge: a meta-analysis assessing the efficacy of educational escape rooms in health sciences educationAdvances in Health Sciences Education10.1007/s10459-024-10373-9Online publication date: 12-Sep-2024
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Oliveira ICarvalho VSoares FNovais POliveira EGomes L(2023)Development of a Virtual Reality Escape Room Game for Emotion ElicitationInformation10.3390/info1409051414:9(514)Online publication date: 19-Sep-2023
https://doi.org/10.3390/info14090514
Crabb MHeron M(2023)Communication Challenges in Social Board GamesSimulation & Gaming10.1177/1046878123118390854:5(489-507)Online publication date: 12-Jun-2023
https://doi.org/10.1177/10468781231183908
Krekhov AEmmerich KRotthaler RKrueger J(2021)Puzzles UnpuzzledProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34746965:CHI PLAY(1-24)Online publication date: 6-Oct-2021
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