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: Xbox 360
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…
Xbox 360 Kinect Accessibility Round Table: Some Questions and Answers
On the 2nd of September Microsoft drew together some of the biggest advocates of accessible gaming to a round table event on Kinect, the Xbox 360 and accessibility. These included members of the IGDA’s GASIG (us!!). Amongst those who couldn’t…
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…
Nathan Fouts says…
Nathan Fouts, author of Shoot 1UP, has blogged a list of excellent Accessibility Option Ideas. As the author of the game with the most accessibility features ever seen in a games console game, he’s worth taking seriously. Really looking forward…
Natal becomes Kinect
Microsoft’s enormously promising Project Natal has become Kinect, and is due for release later this year. Borne of the massive influence of Myron Kreuger’s 20th century works and the success of Nintendo’s Wii, Kinect could become something special. It could…
Accessible Gamebase
SpecialEffect launch their Accessible Gamebase today and it’s a big deal. They are hoping to build an active community and are actively encouraging people to contribute. After a little familiarisation you’ll hopefully find it really easy to learn all about…
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…
SY!NSO! (Xbox 360) – With One Switch Mode
About time! The Xbox 360 gets it’s first game with a one-switch mode. Forza 3 promised it, Bayonetta may deliver it, but indie title SY!NSO! has it right here, right now in the Xbox Live Indie Arcade. SY!NSO! is a…
Always-Available Muscle-Computer Interfaces
Via Sandra Uhling at the IGDA GASIG mailing list.