I am surprised that we have not seen some sick setups shared on HN.
Agentlien 4 hours ago [-]
When I saw the title I immediately thought of Xbox Adaptive Controller. It's such a cool initiative.
Microsoft has a lot of really cool accessibility tools and services. For example their extensive usability guidelines, which is a massive set of documentation for how to make games more widely accessible. [0]
They also have a great service where you can submit your games to get a report with feedback how to improve accessibility.[1] I read through one we got at my last job and it was really impressive. Very thoughtful and comprehensive.
There's a hub with links to a lot more accessibility services as well. [2] Microsoft is one of the companies which really does a lot of great things in this space.
Kind reminder that you can be disabled and still kick ass in videogames. I have in mind Brolylegs (RIP) [1] who ranked very well in competitive Street Fighter 4, despite having to play with his literal face.
It’s so amazing how far assistive technology has come!
This is a fantastic article but I wish he would have included some wish list or constructive criticism, clearly there are areas of improvement!
But to discern an ask from his writings: At the end he mentions the complexities of working so many different purpose-specific tools— is this perhaps the next area of progress, tool integration and a cohesive experience?
Joel_Mckay 5 hours ago [-]
There were FOSS Tongue-driven and Air-switch (Puff/Blow Morse codes) wheelchair control interfaces with generic USB HID mouse/keyboard emulation. They also have normal pointer interface modes with desktop and tablet OS (no janky software required.)
The projects were necessitated because costs of medical-device regulatory barriers made hardware iterations economically infeasible to mass-manufacture. There were a few university faculties that would show up at community events to demonstrate DIY kits folks could put together with a friend.
If these projects are no longer available, send up a flag and someone will spend a few weekends to bring up more open-hardware options. One can't legally sell these as a medical-device in most places, but there is likely nothing stopping a low-power hobby "game control" kit. =3
Firehawke 4 hours ago [-]
It occurs to me that some of this could be really useful to implement into SteamInput for players with disabilities. Someone really needs to show this article to Valve.
DigiEggz 6 hours ago [-]
It's really great to see paths forward despite extreme difficulties. My late friend would have been interested in all of these setups, especially the facial tracking. Thank you for sharing this.
password4321 7 hours ago [-]
There are several Twitch streamers with similar setups.
It's discouraging when they haven't streamed for a while like NoHandsKen, though I'm surprised to not find any evidence of a couple streams 3-6 months ago.
Boom890 4 days ago [-]
Glad he gets to do so.
blinkbat 4 days ago [-]
King shit.
DilutedCoke 9 hours ago [-]
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senectus1 9 hours ago [-]
this sort of digital accessibility fascinates me. I'd love to get into working in that field.
dbg31415 9 hours ago [-]
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kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 9 hours ago [-]
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dang 7 hours ago [-]
Please don't do this here.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5 hours ago [-]
C'mon, it's Father's Day in the US. You're not down for a dad joke, even in Father's Day?
thrwaway55 9 hours ago [-]
There's a genre for everything these days glad he found a niche he enjoys.
I am surprised that we have not seen some sick setups shared on HN.
Microsoft has a lot of really cool accessibility tools and services. For example their extensive usability guidelines, which is a massive set of documentation for how to make games more widely accessible. [0]
They also have a great service where you can submit your games to get a report with feedback how to improve accessibility.[1] I read through one we got at my last job and it was really impressive. Very thoughtful and comprehensive.
There's a hub with links to a lot more accessibility services as well. [2] Microsoft is one of the companies which really does a lot of great things in this space.
[0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/accessibility/guide...
[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/accessibility/mgats
[2] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/accessibility/acces...
Kind reminder that you can be disabled and still kick ass in videogames. I have in mind Brolylegs (RIP) [1] who ranked very well in competitive Street Fighter 4, despite having to play with his literal face.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrolyLegs
This is a fantastic article but I wish he would have included some wish list or constructive criticism, clearly there are areas of improvement!
But to discern an ask from his writings: At the end he mentions the complexities of working so many different purpose-specific tools— is this perhaps the next area of progress, tool integration and a cohesive experience?
The projects were necessitated because costs of medical-device regulatory barriers made hardware iterations economically infeasible to mass-manufacture. There were a few university faculties that would show up at community events to demonstrate DIY kits folks could put together with a friend.
If these projects are no longer available, send up a flag and someone will spend a few weekends to bring up more open-hardware options. One can't legally sell these as a medical-device in most places, but there is likely nothing stopping a low-power hobby "game control" kit. =3
It's discouraging when they haven't streamed for a while like NoHandsKen, though I'm surprised to not find any evidence of a couple streams 3-6 months ago.