[games_access] Project Natal: Microsoft's Alternative Controller
hinn at illinois.edu
hinn at illinois.edu
Wed Jun 3 00:03:42 EDT 2009
I've got the Microsoft inside coverage on this -- I had to reschedule due to that emergency surgery and the BIG emergency surgery where I was clinically dead for about a minute and would have been really dead in a few more hours had the surgery been delayed.
...anyway...I'm heading back out there in a few weeks so and they are serious about avoiding some of those wii missteps.
What would be cool is if everyone could offer some "what they are worried about" and "what might make that less worrisome" bullet point ideas, rants, etc that I could take to them next month. The more I can bring them from the community the better!
Michelle
IGDA Game Accessibility SIG Chair
AbleGamers Foundation
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:08:28 -0400
>From: Mark Barlet <ioo at ablegamers.com>
>Subject: Re: [games_access] Project Natal: Microsoft's Alternative Controller
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
>
> Microsoft has taken notice. More details later.
> Mark
>
> Sent from mobile device.
> On Jun 2, 2009, at 5:38 PM, Nathalie Caron
> <nathalie at gamefwd.org> wrote:
>
> My answer to your question Barrie, is to write,
> write, write about it. The more we bring attention
> to it, the more likely Microsoft is to take
> notice.
>
> Nathalie
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Barrie Ellis
> <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Natal doesn't need to suffer from the same
> problems as the Wii - i.e. Not being able to
> adjust what the Wii remote is expecting as
> regards how fast and how broad movements are is
> a real loss. Very rare support for alternative
> controllers to be used.
>
> I could well imagine that Natal car game being
> controlled by expressions alone if needed. Maybe
> Microsoft will encourage developers to offer
> alternative ways to play - perhaps leant and
> stored as part of the Avatar system from the off
> to share between different games. It's early
> days - anything is possible...
>
> How do we best get this message to Microsoft
> though?
>
> Barrie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "will wade"
> <willwade at gmail.com>
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
> <games_access at igda.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Project Natal:
> Microsoft's Alternative Controller
>
> Its a interesting development.
> I agree - as it stands its not that
> potentially useful to
> children/adults with a lot of movement. What
> would be interesting if
> the technology could be used to look at a
> particular reliable movement
> of a person for a particular output - e.g.
> move a hand inwards at a
> certain angle in relation to the body, or a
> head movement to the left,
> and that produces a output just like a switch.
> Something like this is
> currently being developed by the inference
> group at Cambridge so watch
> this space..
>
> w
>
> 2009/6/2 Nathalie Caron
> <nathalie at gamefwd.org>:
>
> Hi Barrie, and group:
>
> I watched the Microsoft presentation
> yesterday and while it has a lot of
> potential to increase mainstream
> accessibility, I think there is some way to
> go in order for it to be accessible to all.
>
> I can already imagine one of my friends, who
> argued the same point. He has
> CP and is in a wheel chair with minimal hand
> coordination, has managed to
> adapt to use a controller, but does not
> speak (unless using a voice device).
> I don't think Natal would be able to
> recognize his facial expressions as
> well, nor would it be able to find
> expressions in his synthetic voice
> (thinking in reference to that interactive
> game with the little boy - Tobi
> was it?)
>
> I think that if Microsoft was really serious
> about this, they would have to
> look, perhaps into neurofeedback for those
> who do not have the means to use
> their bodies, voices and facial expressions.
> Surely they have the ability to
> implement something like this en masse.
>
> I don't know if they would consider that, or
> if they are satisfied by having
> already "broken new ground"... I guess we
> will have to watch and see.
>
> Nathalie
> http://gamefwd.org
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Barrie Ellis
> <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Lots of potential for improved
> accessibility? But will it be realised...
>
> Microsoft announce Project Natal -
> gesture, facial expressions and voice
> recognition:
>
> http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2009/06/microsofts-new-controller.html
>
> http://kotaku.com/5274317/microsoft-makes-you-the-motion-controller-with-project-natal
>
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