Blind Player Racks Up A Win At His First Street Fighter V Tournament
Competing in a Street Fighter tournament is hard, especially if you’re blind.
Nintendo Switch's HD Rumble Helps Wife And Blind Husband Enjoy Gaming Together
Playing video games as a couple can be hard enough, but try finding something for two people to play when one of them is blind adds a whole new set of considerations. Enter 1-2 Switch, the interactive party game that finally gave a wife and her blind husband something they could enjoy together.
Developer Sees Game Announcement, Realizes He's Making The Same Game
Perception, where you play a blind person who taps a cane to see around them, was revealed last week. Soon, an email went around indie studio Tiny Bull. “Panic started to spread among the team,” said CEO Matteo Lana. Why? Tiny Bull had been making Blind, a game with the same premise, for more than a year.
Kinect Technology Helps Lead the Blind
Researchers at a German university have built an apparatus that, while clunky in its proof-of-concept stage, could assist the blind as they cross streets, walk down hallways and open doors. It uses the Kinect as a sensor.
VI Fit Is Wii Sports For The Blind
Wii Sports can be a big factor in getting sedentary children moving, but what about blind children? A video game research project at the University of Nevada, Reno, is creating Wii Sports-based PC games that don't require eyesight to play.
96-Hour Marathon Allegedly Blinds Chinese Gamer
In the name of science - or because his domestic situation was driving him nuts - a Chinese man played games at a cyber cafe for four straight days. The good news? That will only temporarily blind you.
Mixing Music in a Video Game for the Blind
Video, of course, takes its root from the Latin word for "see." So a "video game" for those who have lost their sight might look like a paradox, but it doesn't sound like one.
