N-Control’s ‘The Avenger‘ is a case that fits over any standard Xbox 360 joypad to bring controls into easier access. There’s a great story at CBS Miami on the origins of this device and it enabling a young man who…
Category: Accessible Controllers
New Wave of Evil Controllers
Adam from Evil Controllers recently sent me photos of a couple of his latest joypad accessibility adaptations, which I’m sharing with you above. Top and middle pictures are of an Xbox 360 joypad tailor adapted for Randy Fitzgerald, a quadriplegic gamer known as…
Real Time Sensory Substitution
The video above shows the hurdles event in Kinect Sports made accessible to players who are blind, using a technique called real time sensory substitution. Using video analysis, visual cues that indicate when to jump are detected and then translated into vibrotactile cues provided with…
AbleGamers Foundation Holiday Gift Guide
If you are looking for some accessible gaming present ideas for Christmas, the AbleGamers Foundation have a very useful 2010 Holiday Gift Guide. They’ve cherry-picked a range of accessible video games, the fantastic Trabasack lap-tray/bag, a great iPad mount and a number of…
Guante Pulsador
AccessAble Games have recently unveiled a simple touch sensitive switching system that can be stitched into the likes of gloves, sweat-bands and so on. It’s an inexpensive solution that may well suit many. AccessAble Games are happy to support people…
Reconfigurable Controls
So few games offer reconfigurable controls, which is bonkers when you consider: 1. How many alternative controllers can be attached to modern games consoles. 2. How many different people there are in the world who may like to use a…
Kinect: Milo and what could be…
Avoiding any mean-spirited Charlie Brooker type-comments, that is a pretty fantastic looking game. I haven’t been so impressed by a new style of game since I first saw Shenmue demoed in 1999. This said, there’s virtually no thought for alternative…
VisionPlay Trailer
“Stemming from years of military-based research by Accelerond, VisionPlay is a revolutionary new video game technology that allows any low-resolution, off-the-shelf webcam and low-end PC to do full-body positioning and motion analysis.” Link via: Videojuegos Accesibles
XCM “Magic Link”
XCM were the first to crack Microsoft’s anti-choice circuitry enabling gamers to connect just about any Playstation compatible controller, PC mouse and/or keyboard to an Xbox 360 and PS3 with their XFPS adapters. The latest XFPS 4.0 takes with one…
No Limit Pad
Pad Fynder Interactive from Italy are about to enter the field of accessible gaming controllers with their unique No Limit Pad for PS3 and PC.First impressions deceive with this controller. In their video you see that it’s quite possible to…