BRIDGE: Borderless Reconfiguration for Inclusive and Diverse Gameplay Experience via Embodiment Transformation

要旨

Training resources for parasports are limited, reducing opportunities for athletes and coaches to engage with sport-specific movements and tactical coordination. To address this gap, we developed BRIDGE, a system that integrates a reconstruction pipeline, which detects and tracks players from broadcast video to generate 3D play sequences, with an embodiment-aware visualization framework that decomposes head, trunk, and wheelchair base orientations to represent attention, intent, and mobility. We evaluated BRIDGE in two controlled studies with 20 participants (10 national wheelchair basketball team players and 10 amateur players). The results showed that BRIDGE significantly enhanced the perceived naturalness of player postures and made tactical intentions easier to understand. In addition, it supported functional classification by realistically conveying players’ capabilities, which in turn improved participants’ sense of self-efficacy. This work advances inclusive sports learning and accessible coaching practices, contributing to more equitable access to tactical resources in parasports.

受賞
Best Paper
著者
Hayato Saiki
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Chunggi Lee
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Hikari Takahashi
Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Tica Lin
Dolby Laboratories, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Hidetada Kishi
Mejiro University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Kaori Tachibana
Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan
Yasuhiro Suzuki
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Hanspeter Pfister
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Kenji Suzuki
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

会議: CHI 2026

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

セッション: Novel Approaches to VR & Games: Neurodiversity, Tangibles, Wellbeing and more!

P1 - Room 128
7 件の発表
2026-04-16 20:15:00
2026-04-16 21:45:00