Professor Junji Onishi, Professor Masatsugu Sakajiri, Assistant Professor Masateru Matsuo, and Visiting Researcher Takahiro Miura from Tsukuba University of Technology are collaborating with ePARA Inc. to expand the possibilities and improve accessibility of esports that do not use visual information (blind esports). We have started the "Blind esports research project" to conduct research aimed at.
In the joint research "Blind e-sports research project", we will conduct research on blind e-sports with the aim of creating an environment where even visually impaired people can enjoy the same game experience as sighted people.Approaches such as reporting accessibility to game makers, developing support devices and software modules, and holding seminars and hands-on workshops to consider solutions to problems that visually impaired people have when playing games. do.In addition, "game experience equivalent to sighted people" means that you can go beyond just being able to play games, and you can enjoy interpersonal battles in competitive fighting games, and even enjoy elements in RPGs. Refers to the state of being able to
ePARA, which advocates barrier-free esports, has been engaged in activities to expand the possibilities of barrier-free esports, while members with various disabilities and intractable diseases make use of their respective areas of expertise.In particular, the challenge of e-sports by visually impaired people is one of the projects that ePARA has been actively engaged in for a long time. by SYCOM”, a demonstration experiment in the finalist project “Crossline-We travel with differences” sponsored by the Toyota Mobility Foundation, a game round-table discussion by blind players, etc. We have carried out a wide range of activities.
Reference: [ePARA] ePARA x Tsukuba University of Technology "Blind esports research project" started
