[games_access] NSF grant for the development of an accessibleclient for secondlife

[Barrie Ellis]

Nice one, Eelke. Good work!

Barrie

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eelke Folmer 
  To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 3:09 AM
  Subject: [games_access] NSF grant for the development of an accessibleclient for secondlife


  Hi folks,

  I just received a 90k SGER grant from NSF to explore developing a blind-accessible client for Secondlife. A proposal I have been working on for quite some time. This grant will allow me to hire some more grad students and help us get a better insight in what can make virtual communities/3d games more accessible to a variety of disabilities.  

   
  I've been secretly working on an accessible client myself the last few months and I developed a prototype which can be controlled using voice (its mac only for now) and provides some minimum voice output. I will release a prototype within the next few weeks, and I'm hoping you some of you can provide me with feedback.  


  The NSF program director that I contacted prior to submitting my proposal is very very nice and interested in games & accessibility. His feedback & support was very helpful in securing the grant, and I hope this proposal will open up opportunities for us all to submit grants to NSF in the future; helping people with disabilities play games & gain a better understanding of what exactly makes games accessible. I think there is still lots to be discovered.    

   
  Cheers Eelke



   


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  Eelke Folmer                           Assistant Professor
  Department of CS&E/171
  University of Nevada              Reno, Nevada 89557 
  Game interaction design        www.helpyouplay.com
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