[games_access] First experience of Kinect

[gramenos at ics.forth.gr]

Hello,

I'll also be there, so maybe we could all meet for a drink the evening  
before the event :-)

Cheers,

D.


Quoting Michelle Hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu>:


> Hey Sandra,

>

> Any chance you have the email of the summary of that list? I can go  

> through the archives but I'm not sure when this discussion happened  

> -- while I was in China (still catching up on that email!) or  

> earlier when I might have been in hospital?

>

> The Kinect Roundtable meeting is in a little over a week from now  

> and many of the people on this list will be there -- attendees were  

> chosen by Microsof. I'll defer to Brannon to provide more  

> information about the day.

>

> Michelle

>

> On Aug 21, 2010, at 12:44 AM, Sandra Uhling wrote:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> I was thinking about the special List we put all together for  

>> Micrsoft for Kinect/Natal.

>> @Michelle was there a meeting with Microsoft?

>>

>> I do not understand that the “Game Accessibility” Meeting is after  

>> the design phase of the games.

>> We have lots of beta games and now it is much more difficult to  

>> change something.

>>

>> (When I worked as a software tester, we did test the “written down”  

>> requirements. So we could find

>> “bugs” and logic errors before they were implemented)

>>

>> I am wondering what we are going to do about the “symbols” for the cover.

>> I send this also to games for health list, but there is no answer.  

>> I thought that this point would be

>> very important to them.

>>

>> Interesting was the reaction of the people who present the games.

>> One really wanted to see if disabled gamers could play (he wished  

>> that lots of people can play)

>> Another one said the game is not designed for them, so they should not play.

>>

>> The big question is “being able to play or being not able to play”.

>> Also when the game experience changes, as long as they have fun in  

>> the way they can play,

>> It is the right way!

>>

>> Best regards,

>> Sandra

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