Generative UI as an Accessibility Bridge
How generative interfaces can lower friction for blind and low-vision users in C2C commerce.
Mercari R4D · 2025–Bektur Ryskeldiev
About
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Origin → Now: Bishkek → Aizu → Tokyo
Origin → Now: Bishkek → Aizu → Tokyo
Kyrgyzstani-born researcher, creative technologist, and media artist. Leads a team of HCI researchers at Mercari R4D exploring how generative AI is reshaping interface design — generative UI, multimodal interaction, AR product understanding, and accessibility for blind and low-vision users in C2C marketplaces.
Visiting Researcher at the Digital Nature Group (U. Tsukuba × Miraikan). Founder of Tokyo Mechanical Keyboard Meetup and co-founder of Deep Perception Hackathon & eXtending Reality Bishkek. Music projects under Astrum Luciferi and vvøid.
2018PhD, Computer Science — University of AizuMEXT Scholarship
2015MS, Computer Science — University of AizuMEXT Scholarship
2012BA, Software Engineering — American University of Central Asia
Latest Research
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Most recent · 2024–2026
ACM CHI · ASSETS · CSCW · IMWUT
Most recent · 2024–2026
ACM CHI · ASSETS · CSCW · IMWUT
| Year | Project | Type | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Generative UI as an Accessibility Bridge: Lessons from C2C E-Commerce | GenAI · A11Y | arXiv · CHI '26 Workshop | Open ↗ |
| 2026 | From Compliance to Decision Confidence: A Scoping Review of Accessible E-Commerce for Blind and Low-Vision People | Accessibility | ACM CHI EA | Open ↗ |
| 2026 | AR Haptic-Audio Conversion for Non-Visual Product Understanding in Smartphone AR | AR · A11Y | ACM CHI EA | Open ↗ |
| 2026 | Challenges in Synchronous & Remote Collaboration Around Visualization | Collab | ACM CHI | Open ↗ |
| 2025 | From Cluttered to Clear: Improving Web Accessibility for Screen Reader Users in E-commerce With Generative AI | GenAI · A11Y | ACM ASSETS | Open ↗ |
| 2025 | “I Am a Blind Seller!”: Picture-Taking Assistance for Visually Impaired Sellers in C2C Marketplaces | A11Y | ACM CHI EA | Open ↗ |
| 2024 | Toward Closed-Domain Conversational Item-Listing Assistant for Older Adults in C2C Marketplaces | Conversational | ACM ASSETS | Open ↗ |
| 2022 | Investigating Accessibility Challenges and Opportunities for Users with Low-Vision Disabilities in C2C Marketplaces | A11Y | ACM ASSETS | Open ↗ |
| 2018 | Spotility: Crowdsourced Telepresence for Social and Collaborative Experiences in Mobile Mixed Reality | Mobile MR | ACM CSCW | Open ↗ |
Community
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Talks & AI hackathon projects
Talks & AI hackathon projects
2026Nerd Nite Tokyo #75 — Making HistoryGoodbye UI? How the Future of Interfaces is Being Shaped in a Post-internet World
2023FrontSpot AsiaFrom Kyrgyzstan to Tokyo: a creative technologist’s journey
2022Stanford Leonardo LASERInvited speaker (online)
2026Supercell AI LabStrange Apartment Tycoon — Tokyo micro-space property game. 4th place.
2026Anthropic Opus 4.7 HackathonProbe — research-design triage tool with an Opus 4.7 disagreement audit. Participant.
2026Mistral HackathonAGI — iOS camera companion with a Disco-Elysium-style narrator. Participant.
2026Hermes / Nous Researchblob-tracker — Hermes agent skill for audio-reactive blob tracking in video. Participant.
Art & Music
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Astrum Luciferi · vvøid · Metaformers · MISERY
Astrum Luciferi · vvøid · Metaformers · MISERY
Media-art, music, and print projects parallel to research practice. Generative-AI fashion (Metaformers, shown at CVPR Computer Vision Art Gallery and NeurIPS AI Art Gallery), noise releases under Astrum Luciferi, ambient releases under vvøid, photography, and a DIY zine called MISERY.
2011–Astrum Luciferi — Bandcamp ↗Noise releases
2020–vvøid — Bandcamp ↗Ambient releases
2020–MISERY — misery.tokyo ↗DIY zine · photography
2021CVPR — Computer Vision Art Gallery ↗Metaformers
2020NeurIPS AI Art Gallery ↗Featured artist
2019MUTEK JP — AI Music Lab ↗Creative Technologist
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For research collaborations, talks, art commissions, or community events. Especially interested in generative-UI & accessibility work, AR/MR research collaborations, and creative-technology partnerships in Tokyo.