2024

Development and Evaluation of the Inclusive Conversational AI Service for Game accessibility Enhancement

Research Goal:

• Develop and evaluate an inclusive conversational AI service to improve game accessibility for players with disabilities
• Enable people with disabilities and their close ones (i.e., families, social workers) find and use game accessibility technologies that suits them.
• Integrate the actual needs of players with disabilities in the AI development process through participatory design

Research Method:

• Production of training datasets for the development of conversational AI services
• Design and development of conversational AI service prototypes based on participatory design
• Identification of improvements and evaluation of effects through user testing

Members: Young Yim Doh, Hyunyoung Oh, Karam Eum, Eunbyul Park, Jihun Chae, Junsuk Seo

Timeline: 2024.05.01 - 2027.04.30

Partners: Smilegate D&I Council, Krafton Deep Learning Div., Nexon Intelligence Labs UX Analysis Team, Samsung Corporate Design Center Cross UX Team, Korea National Rehabilitation Center Department of Assistive Technology, NYU Game Innovation Lab, Britain Special Effect Professional, Britain One Switch Professional, Chung-ang University Department of AI, KAIST School of Computing, and KAIST Department of Industrial Design | Funding: National Research Foundation of Korea, Mid-Career Researcher Program

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