Do you use assistive technology or have specific accessibility needs? Join the AR/VR Accessibility Panel and collaborate with Meta's UX Research teams working on AI glasses and AR/VR. Your feedback will help shape more accessible experiences for everyone.
Eligibility: This opportunity is currently open to residents over the age of 18 from the United States or the United Kingdom.
As a panel member, you may be invited to participate in user research activities, such as short polls, surveys, in-depth interviews, and focus groups, covering a wide range of current and upcoming products, services, and features. You don't need to own AR/VR devices or smart glasses to join.
Participation Benefits:
- Influence the development of upcoming Meta products
- Gain insights into the latest AR and VR initiatives
- Receive e-gift cards or gear as a token of appreciation for your participation
Interested? Fill out this quick survey to sign up and start making an impact today!
If the survey link above does not work, you can copy and paste the link: https://www.meta.com/research/ar-vr-ax-panel/?utm_source=ax_eoacb
Note: The sign-up link will redirect you to a third-party platform where the panel is hosted. Participation is optional, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Questions? Contact support@arvr-axpanel.com.
Comments
The Rest of the World is Nowhere
It is deeply disappointing to see such an exclusionary approach.
As a blind person from the Middle East, I find it frustrating that initiatives presented as advancing accessibility for blind and disabled people are often limited to participants from only a handful of countries. A blind person in Jordan, India, Kenya, Brazil, or anywhere else in the world has just as much right to contribute to the future of accessible technology as someone in the United States or the United Kingdom.
I understand that there may be legal, administrative, or logistical challenges involved. However, companies such as Meta possess enormous resources and expertise. If accessibility and inclusion are truly core values, then surely some of those resources can be invested in finding ways to engage disabled people beyond a small group of privileged countries.
What hurts most is the implicit message that innovation is global, but participation is not. The Global South is repeatedly treated as an afterthought, as though blind and disabled people only exist in North America and Western Europe. Yet many of us face even greater barriers to education, employment, transportation, information access, and social inclusion. In many cases, accessible technology has the potential to be even more transformative for our lives.
There is also a practical issue here. If you are building products for a global audience, then your research participants should reflect that global audience. Accessibility challenges are not identical across countries, cultures, languages, and economic realities. By excluding most of the world, you risk creating products that are less inclusive and less effective for millions of disabled users.
I respectfully urge Meta to reconsider this approach and explore ways to make future accessibility panels open to blind and disabled people worldwide. Inclusion should not stop at national borders.