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Play at Work: Design Research Society Conference Presentation

Paper documenting our experince of using and creating Gather Town to create shared spaces

Zach Mason 30 Jun 2022

Play at Work: Design Research Society Conference Presentation

Play at work: virtual conferencing in game space (PDF) was a paper we wrote and presented at The Design Research Society Conference 2022. The paper documents our experience of using, and creating for Gather.town, as well as considering wider implications for virtual video conferencing systems, both spatial and otherwise.

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Zach Mason

Zach is a doctoral research student attached to Design Research Works. He has a bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design from Glasgow School of Art and his research investigates Accessible Design for Virtual Spaces. His current project explores the co-design of a, working with blind and visually impaired people through workshops aiming to highlight the need for better accessibility in games and spatial web environments.

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Attending DRS 2026

A fringe debrief for 100 people, a pirate confession, a paper on co-speculating with AI and a more-than-human track, from a week at DRS 2026 in Edinburgh.