As extended reality technology continues to become more prevalent in museums there are continuing questions on its accessibility and useability by the general public. This research aims to find some of these problems and investigate how we design solutions and create processes that support these minority experiences. Researching the effect of extended reality in museums is still reasonably new and so bringing questions of accessibility in early supports the creation of equitable experiences.

It will be disability-led research that includes multiple disabled voices to create and research in a way that supports the problems they face, using participatory research methods. Specifically supporting ground-up designed-in accessibility in practice based extended reality applications, especially for cultural heritage contexts.

The PhD aims to create guidelines or frameworks to create future installations in settings like museums to ensure they are as accessible as possible. It also wants to support the creation of design processes that lean into accessibility problems and integrate marginalised experiences. Not seeing accessibility as a boundary to get over but an opportunity, for new solutions and creative experiences.

A secondary aim of this research is to explore the creative ways that the research can be communicated and utilised by not academic stakeholders. Including exploring the documentation options and how universal design principles can be applied to academic outputs. While it is almost certainly beyond the scope of the PhD to fully investigate bridging this gap, there is an aim for it to show the potential for academic outputs more inclusive and accessible.