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Audio Only Computer Game for the Visually Impaired

Description

Researchers at Lancaster University lead a project to create an audio-only computer game for the visually impaired in which abstract noise is used to guide the gamer through 15 levels of an immersive maze. The project used a co-design approach to explore how accessibility can be improved in gaming experiences.

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Bibliography

Project to create audio only computer game honoured. Lancaster University. (2022, October 18). Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/project-to-create-a-world-first-audio-only-computer-game-honoured

ImaginationLancaster. (2022, September 21). Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/

Sight Advice South Lakes. (2023, January 9). Retrieved January 12, 2023, from http://sightadvice.org.uk/

Lancaster researchers create world’s first audio only computer game designed with blind people in mind. Rouncivell, G. (2022, October 21). Lancaster Guardian. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/business/lancaster-researchers-create-worlds-first-audio-only-computer-game-designed-with-blind-people-in-mind-3889424