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Development of an immersive virtual reality, eye-tracking informed framework to enhance the inclusive urban mobility of wheelchair users
Sudhakaran, Gargy Booth, Colin Prabhakaran, Abhinesh He, Peiwen Abbey, Samuel
Sudhakaran, Gargy
Booth, Colin
Prabhakaran, Abhinesh
He, Peiwen
Abbey, Samuel
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2025-12-26
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Safe mobility is a vital concern in urban living. Inaccessible spaces severely affect the quality of everyday life for people with mobility impairments, particularly wheelchair users (WCUs), who often struggle to navigate independently due to environmental and social barriers (Azimi et al., 2023). This aligns with the Social Model of Disability concept, introduced by Mike Oliver (Oliver 1983; Zaks, 2023), which defines disability as a result of societal and structural obstacles rather than individual impairments, placing responsibility on society to remove these barriers and ensure WCUs' safety, mobility and well-being. Around 16% of the global population has disabilities affecting their daily activities (WHO, 2023), and approximately 75 million people around the globe use wheelchairs (Pei et al., 2023). In the UK, 16 million people have disabilities, with 47% of them facing mobility impairments (UK Disability Statistics, 2023). To address this, it is vital to create inclusive spaces that encourage social participation for WCUs.
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Sudhakaran, G., Booth, C., Prabhakaran, A., He, P. et al. (in press) Development of an immersive virtual reality, eye-tracking informed framework to enhance the inclusive urban mobility of wheelchair users, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment.
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Emerald in Smart and Sustainable Built Environment on 26/12/2025, available online: https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-07-2025-0364
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2046-6099
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2046-6102