Accessibility-First Redesign of an AR-Based Navigation Feature
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Map the current AR navigation feature against EAA 2025 requirements + WCAG 2.2 AA (where applicable to AR). Define 4 disability profiles with specific personas (e.g. low-vision traveler with screen-magnifier needs, motor-impaired traveler using switch input, cognitive-load profile with simplified-content needs, non-English-literate traveler). Redesign the AR overlay + companion screen flows for each. Build a high-fidelity prototype of 2 profiles (low vision + cognitive load) in Unity AR. Run a contextual inquiry with 6 disabled travelers at a partner airport. Deliver: gap-analysis doc, 4 redesigned interaction specs, prototype build, contextual-inquiry report, and a compliance recommendation memo.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Redesign an AR navigation feature for 4 disability profiles to clear EAA 2025 compliance with field evidence from disabled travelers.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Apply EAA 2025 and WCAG 2.2 AA to immersive AR interfaces
- Design for 4 distinct disability profiles without forking the codebase
- Run accessibility-focused contextual inquiry with disabled participants ethically
- Translate compliance findings into engineering-actionable recommendations
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
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Careers
Roles this prepares you for.
Real titles. Real skill bridges. Pick the one closest to your trajectory.
Product Manager
PMs who can scope EAA-compliant AR features and defend the roadmap to legal + engineering own the next regulated-immersive product wave.
This challenge sharpens
- design-for-accessibility
- contextual-inquiry
- hci-research-methods