After being added to Xbox Game Pass, Minecraft fans have more to shout about this month as the game has received it’s long awaiting “Village and Pillage” update.
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Nintendo Updates Switch With Accessibility Feature for Visually Impaired Gamers
Nintendo Just rolled out the 8.0 update for the Switch and it’s got a few features gamers have been asking for. Switch owners can now transfer save data between systems, sort the icons on their dashboard, and—most importantly, for gamers with visual impairments—zoom in.
Xbox Game Adds Accessibility Features for Color Blind Gamers
HyperDot has a very simple premise — all players need to do is dodge everything that comes at them.
Microsoft’s VR Toolkit Helps Partially Sighted Players with Virtual Reality
A research team at Microsoft has been working on SeeingVR: a set of 14 tools designed to make virtual reality accessible to visually impaired users.
Assistive Tech for Good Program Helps People with Disabilities Use Wireless Devices
Assistive Tech for Good Program aims to help Canadians with disabilities use smartphones and wireless devices enabling them to live more independent, connected lives
This Program Helps Visually Impaired and Blind Children Scuba Dive
Blind and visually impaired children are learning to scuba dive thanks to a special program in Berks County.
Textbook Publisher is First to Get Accessibility Certification from Benetech
Textbook publisher Macmillan Learning is the first publisher to gain an ebook accessibility certification from Benetech.
Artelus Is Using AI to Help People from Going Blind
Rajarajeshwari Kodhandapani has a dream, to screen one million people for diabetic retinopathy (DR) so they can get timely treatment and not risk going blind. She is one of the four co-founders of Artelus, along with tech veterans Vish Durga, Lalit Pant, and Pradeep Walia, who is also a serial entrepreneur. As a former business analyst, she never thought she would become an entrepreneur (though she did want to become a politician at one time). Now, she is part of Artelus, a company that builds advanced screening tools to allow doctors and hospitals to diagnose a greater number of patients in the same time for a variety of diseases.
Scientists Think There’s an Answer to Treating Blindness According to a New Study
Scientists from the University of Surrey and the Indiana University School of Medicine think they could have the answer to treating several causes of blindness, according to a ground-breaking new study.
This 14-Year-Old is Developing a Yelp for Accessibility
Alex Knoll’s concept app could make getting around easier for people living with a disability.
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