"More Than Meets The Eye" Animated VR Experience

To search for individual methods, perceptions and how sight-loss influenced their creative practice, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was applied to the data set of each individual participant. The method of data coding was based upon Reflexive Thematic Analysis, where themes were deliberately sought and defined - as a focal point for how this could be replicated as an animated experience, rather than data simply emerging from the data. Data codes became potential sub-themes, candidate themes and final themes. To search for commonalities and over-arching themes across all data sets, the sub-themes for each participant were reviewed as an entire data set and grouped where themes over-lapped and were common to more than one participant. Over-arching themes below: GAIT as an identification method The importance of ENVIRONMENT for creative practice Tactile DISPLAY problems The importance of AUTONOMY Making the INVISIBLE VISIBLE Embracing mistakes DISABILITY GAIN Memories...

Defined and refined themes today and generated themes Four over-arching themes selected from the interview with David: Wayfinding and Visualisation with Negative Space Disability as an asset and gain Methods and Materials to capture animated movement Sensory modalities to identify environment

Defined and refined themes today and created a venn style map to show the progress from data extracts>initial codes > data codes > candidate themes > sub-themes > themes. Adjusted the iteration of collating and defining themes and created a revised venn diagram so review the overlap of candidate themes. Generated a new theme from the commonalites. Two over-arching themes selected from the interview with Aaron: Revised and defined theme names (Aaron McP - participant 2): Environments as a cue for reflection and understanding Sensory perception to identify individuality

Awoke this morning thinking about moving the methods and materials theme, into the broader theme, currently named ' Sight-loss as a creative advantage'. And considering renaming that theme to something including sensory or perception. Specifically related to the research question....

Defined and refined themes today and created a venn style map to show the progress from data extracts>initial codes > data codes > candidate themes > sub-themes > themes Revised and defined theme names (Sally B - participant 1): Sight-Loss as a Creative Advantage Creative connections in VR for artists with sight-loss Art materials and methods for visually impaired creative practitioners Physical and psychological barriers for artists with sight-loss