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Kathrin Gerling

@kathringerling.bsky.social
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Professor at KIT, Germany (hci.iar.kit.edu). Research on human-computer interaction, accessibility, VR, and games (preferably Quake 3). ERC StG AccessVR and Real-World Lab Accessibility (accessibility.kit.edu). she/her

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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You haven't lived until you've been proceedings chair.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@aircanada.bsky.social Please rename your hotline to Air Keinerda. Thank you.
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Merlin Opp @merlin-opp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Weitere Informationen zur Studie: 🕒 Dauer: ca. 90 Minuten 💶 Vergütung: 50 € 🌍 Sprache: Deutsch oder Englisch 📍 Ort: #KIT Campus Süd, #Karlsruhe 🎮 Keine VR-Erfahrung notwendig 📅 Weitere Infos und Terminbuchung: terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/b/fa3f3fd...
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Studie zu Virtuellen Realitäten im Liegen | DFN-Terminplaner
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Merlin Opp @merlin-opp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🎮 Teilnehmende für #VR #Game #Studie gesucht Wir suchen Teilnehmende mit körperlichen Behinderungen für eine Studie zu Erfahrungen in #VirtualReality Spielen im Liegen😊 In der Studie probieren Sie ein kurzes VR-Spiel im Liegen aus und sprechen in einem Interview über Ihre Erfahrungen. #Karlsruhe
A picture for a flyer for a VR study for people with limited mobility at the KIT
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
That is impressively quick! Do you have a lot of interaction in your classes?
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
For transparency, I think it takes me about eight hours altogether if I somewhat know the topic, and my speed hasn't changed in ten years.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is assuming you do have an overall syllabus, but you need to read up on some aspects and (gasp) make slides.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Dear people who teach at university: If you're preparing a 90 minute lecture from scratch, how long does it take you?
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Are you aged 60+ and regularly play games? We want to understand how older players experience competence in games, and whether/how this makes gaming worthwhile. Super excited that Friedrich is returning to where I left things when wrapping up my PhD - we'd love to hear from you.
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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
CHI26 workshop “Crip HCI: Cyborg Perspectives on Disability Justice” invites self-identified fellow cyborgs to consider what the field of HCI might gain from a deeper engagement with cyborg perspectives on disability justice, “crip HCI”, and better AT. Submissions due Feb 12. t1dsign.org/chi-2026
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Welcome to the annual period of advisor anxiety when #chi2026 notifications are out, but first authors are rightly asleep. Congratulations to everyone who already knows their papers have been accepted! :)
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
First year we've managed to shake the tradition of Sint bringing presents after moving away from Belgium. Glad to share they're now supplied by the Mamakind, because apparently, we're now too old to believe the Christkind is real.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Happy Catmas, everyone! I wish all of us a few days of peace and quiet in a world that's way too loud.
Big white porcelain cat, Christmas tree in the background, plate of cookies in the foreground.
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CHI PLAY 2026 @chiplay.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
We have published the Call for Papers for #CHIPLAY2026! CHI PLAY 2026 will take place November 2-5 in York, United Kingdom. Deadline for Full Paper Submissions is February 18, 2026 (23:59 AoE). The full call is available here: chiplay.acm.org/2026/full-pa... @acm-sigchi.bsky.social #chiplay
Stock image of dark haired woman throwing a bunch of papers in the air. Underneath, the text reads: Call for Papers. Deadline for Full Papers is: February 18th, 2026 (23:59 AoE).
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Immerhin gibt es dank der gelben Scheiben die Illusion von Sonnenlicht...
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
It's advent tram season, and here's our favourite type.
Yellow tram from the 60s with red decorations and destination Europaplatz pictured in a grey environment.
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CHI PLAY 2026 @chiplay.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
We're excited to share that the PACM issue containing full papers that will be presented at CHI PLAY 2025 has just gone online 👉 dl.acm.org/toc/pacmhci/... #chiplay #chiplay2025
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
That sounds super interesting - we'll be running a Dagstuhl on HCI games research in the same week, so hopefully there'll be time to learn more about yours over breakfast. :)
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Ha! I just read a paper on VR accessibility that uses AI for scene description, and kept wondering whether it wouldn't be easier to pull data from the engine and try to do something meaningful with that. So... thanks for showing that it works, even if in a slightly different setting.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Yes! Gerade zufällig im Spiegel gefunden, und ich habe mich sehr über die nuancierte Darstellung gefreut...danke dafür!
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KIT-Fakultät für Informatik @kitinformatik.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Tag der offenen Tür mit Campus-Tag am #KIT am 17. Mai 2025, und wir sind auch dabei mit umfangreichem Programm: www.informatik.kit.edu/14708.php #TdoT
Grafik mit Werbung und QR-Code für das Programm der Fakultät für Informatik zum Tag der offenen Tür mit Campus-Tag am KIT. Text: "Samstag 17. Mai 2025, 10-19 Uhr Campus Süd des KIT"
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The advent tram arrived early this year...
Historical tram waiting to depart at Europaplatz in Karlsruhe. Wooden cart painted in white and yellow on the left, tram stop on the right. Grey sky in the background.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Time for the traditional holiday Lego monorail construction project...
Red Lego Airport Shuttle on gray monorail on a wooden table.
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fotobus @fotobus.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Was dieser Mann in dem Video erzählt, das sind die Lügen der "Cure Autism Industry", wenn ich das mal so nennen darf. #Autismus ist angeboren und genetisch. Autisten sind keine Tragödie, zerstören keine Familien. Autisten leiden nicht per se. 1/5
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The advantage of being a light sleeper in unfamiliar environments: Waking early and having time to explore. This time it's TU Graz - looking forward to joining #fdg2025 today to talk about equitable access to games. #fdg
Picture of TU Graz campus, showing a walkway between buildings made of concrete and glass. Everything in the image is grey.
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CHI PLAY 2026 @chiplay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
📢We have shared the notifications for submitted Full Papers with the corresponding authors! chiplay.acm.org/2025/2025/04... @acm-sigchi.bsky.social #chiplay2025 #chiplay
The image shows a drawing of a letter, next to writing in bold black and orange, stating “Notifications for the full papers track have gone out!”
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
UTwente has such a beautiful campus. Also an odd trip down memory lane, the last time I was in the area must've been around 2003 for Drome 10.
Photo of a pond at UTwente. Concrete surroundings, a few plants in the water, and trees in the background.
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The Game Accessibility Conference @gaconf.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
📢 Speaker announcement! @kathringerling.bsky.social will be presenting her research paper on representation of invisible disability: exploring the lived experience of teenagers with ADHD to inform game design. April 14th - 15th, registration & line-up at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev
#GAconf, IGDA-GASIG. Advancing accessibility for disabled players. Hybrid online & Pullman St Pancras London, April 14th - 15th 2025
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
tldr: Interactive seat maps have potential to convey venue accessibility, but are often designed for categories of people that do not reflect diversity of attendees. A better solution would be to think in seat categories. For more detail and nuance - read the full paper! 2/2
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We may not be traveling to Japan for #chi2025, but our work certainly is: Here's a pre-print of @lukestrowalker.bsky.social 's autoethnography that explores whether digital ticket booking systems support accessibility of large public events. publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000179652 1/2
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"Is This Seat Accessible for Me?": An Autoethnography of a Person With a Mobility Disability Using Interactive Seat Plans for Public Events
Spectating sports matches or concerts is a popular activity, but these public live events have yet to become more accessible to people with disabilities. Inspe
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
You can read our full paper via dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/..., and we hope that it'll inspire future research on sports technology and the role of leisure and joy for all of us. 3/3
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HCI, Disability, and Sport: A Literature Review | ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Equitable access to sport for disabled people remains challenging, and technology is often viewed as a way of addressing barriers. However, little is known about how disability is approached in such r...
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We show that sports technology for disabled people often prioritizes health over leisure (although this doesn't need to be a dichotomy, of course), and that value frameworks for the design of sports technology need to be expanded to reflect perspectives of disabled persons. 2/3
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
How does HCI accessibility research approach the design of sports technology for disabled users? @lukestrowalker.bsky.social explored this question in his literature review that has just been accepted to the ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI). 1/3
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HCI, Disability, and Sport: A Literature Review | ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Equitable access to sport for disabled people remains challenging, and technology is often viewed as a way of addressing barriers. However, little is known about how disability is approached in such r...
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
And I struggle to understand why hate seems to have become the go-to response to everything. We only have this planet, we only have each other.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I've always been interested in politics, and learning about different political systems while living in different countries has been really neat. These days though, politics mostly leave me with a heavy heart.
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The Game Accessibility Conference @gaconf.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The next edition of GAconf will be at the Pullman St Pancras Hotel, London, on April 14th & 15th. And hybrid, also free to attend online. Two days of talks and networking on accessibility for disabled players. Registration now open at GAconf.com! #accessibility #gamedev
#GAconf (igda-gasig). Advancing accessibility for disabled players. Hybrid online & Pullman St Pancras, London, April 14th-15th 2025
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DiGRA Belgium @digrabelgium.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Wishing everyone a very playful 2025! 🎉 We're happy to announce an open call for two positions on the DiGRA Belgium board: (1) Co-Chair and (2) Treasurer. Deadline: 10 February 2025. If interested, please contact Pierre-Yves Houlmont with a letter of motivation!
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
You're still welcome to participate in the study if you're curious and would like to share your thoughts, but we can unfortunately only reimburse participants who live in the EU. :-/
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Interview participants needed: VR while lying down has been researched for non-disabled users, but nothing is known about disabled people's needs and preferences when using VR while reclining on a chair, or lying on a couch or bed.
The image shows a flyer for an interview study about using virtual reality while lying down for people with limited mobility. It uses bright colors with stylized images of a wheelchair user using VR and a person lying on a bed. The colors are mostly teal with some orange highlights. At the bottom right is a QR code for signup leading to the same page as in this post.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
No prior experience with VR needed, but of course welcome. You can sign up via terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/b/7bfbe0d..., you can email Merlin via merlin.opp@student.kit.edu, or you can reach out to me here. Any questions - please ask!
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VR While Lying Down For People With Limited Mobility (Interview) | DFN-Terminplaner
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Interviews can take place remotely or in person in Karlsruhe, Germany, and last about 60 minutes with 20€ compensation. You need to be 18 or older, and live in the EU. We'd particularly like to hear from women and non-binary people.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Interview participants needed: VR while lying down has been researched for non-disabled users, but nothing is known about disabled people's needs and preferences when using VR while reclining on a chair, or lying on a couch or bed.
The image shows a flyer for an interview study about using virtual reality while lying down for people with limited mobility. It uses bright colors with stylized images of a wheelchair user using VR and a person lying on a bed. The colors are mostly teal with some orange highlights. At the bottom right is a QR code for signup leading to the same page as in this post.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I guess that's what AI agents in social networks will teach us: gratitude for the few real human connections that remain.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Genuinely excited about every new human follower.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Rosa.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Goodbye winter break! :,(
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Electric mobility in a world long gone at Bergbaumuseum Bochum. If you're ever in the Ruhr area in Germany, put it on your list.
Replica of an underground mine, view into a dimly lit shaft with a grey electric train carrying an orange battery on the front left.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Happy holidays, people, we're almost there. Here's our lab cat ready to celebrate...
Life sized white porcelain cat on a pink porcelain pillow wearing a red and white party hat accessorized with a candy cane.
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Kathrin Gerling @kathringerling.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
So...will I attend the social event although I'm exhausted, or will I be exhausted by guilt because I wasn't there?
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