[games_access] Sorry for absence- question about the use of AI techniques for developing adaptive, accessible games, question/comment about Wii

[Reid Kimball]

As far as this list is concerned there hasn't been much discussion
about how the Wii can be made more accessible. I don't know if anyone
of us has a Wii and has spent a lot of time with it. Robert, who is a
quadriplegic unfortunately can't use the Wii. However, I think maybe
making a head worn Wii compatible motion sensing device could help
make the Wii more accessible to people such as Robert.

I agree that it probably has better applications in rehabilitation
right now. Apparently, it can take both small and large movements. A
therapist can change the sensitivity at first to accept small
movements and as the player improves, the therapist changes the
sensitivity to require more extreme motions.

-Reid

On 1/7/07, lynnvm at carolina.rr.com <lynnvm at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
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> Sorry for not interacting much on this listserv lately.   I was very busy
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> (For those of you who don't know me, I'm Lynn Marentette.  I live in
> Charlotte, N.C.  I'm a female school psychologist who has been taking
> computer classes for the past few years part-time, including some game
> classes, programming, VR, and educational technology. I've worked with
> students with a range of disabilities.  Currently I work in a special
> program for students who have multiple or severe disabilities, including CP
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> I recently finished a class last semester –"Artificial Intelligence for
> Interactive Game Development".  Although the class was often a bit over my
> head, I learned so much!  I believe that AI techniques have potential for
> facilitating accessibility in games. I'd like to know if anyone is doing
> work or research in this area.  I know AI techniques are used in educational
> games to adapt to learner progress, but I couldn't find much information
> about accessibility.
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> If I won the lottery, the first thing that I would do would be to hire some
> of the computer programming whizzes from my class to work on this aspect of
> game development.
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> Wii
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> I bought a Wii with my 23 year-old daughter for Christmas and I love it!
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> Since I haven't read many of the Games Access posts lately,  I am not sure
> if there was a discussion about the Wii and accessibility.  After playing
> with the Wii for a while, I started to think that it has many possibilities
> for accessibility as well as rehabilitation.  Does Nintendo have anyone that
> is responsible for accessibility?
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> I did read about the guy who programmed his Wii remote controller to control
> his Roomba vacuum cleaner. (I think there is a video clip on YouTube)
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> That got me thinking about some possibilities. At any rate, I'd like to find
> out more about what is going on with the Wii and accessibility and how the
> controllers can be modified.
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