Rendering Virtual Worlds in Audio and Text

Kruger, Rynhardt; Zijl, Lynette van

doi:10.1145/2594448.2577390

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“…Unlike a visual scene, sound is temporary rather than persistent; it must be repeated if it is to remain salient [66]. Excessive amounts of audio content may create overload, thereby complicating, rather than simplifying, gameplay [68]. Yet a lack of descriptive audio information was identified by one study as "the biggest deal-breaker for our blind respondents" [47].…”

Section: Audiogamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Playing Blind

Andrade

Rogerson

Waycott

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Previous research on games for people with visual impairment (PVI) has focused on co-designing or evaluating specific games-mostly under controlled conditions. In this research, we follow a game-agnostic, "in-the-wild" approach, investigating the habits, opinions and concerns of PVI regarding digital games. To explore these issues, we conducted an online survey and follow-up interviews with gamers with VI (GVI). Dominant themes from our analysis include the particular appeal of digital games to GVI, the importance of social trajectories and histories of gameplay, the need to balance complexity and accessibility in both games targeted to PVI and mainstream games, opinions about the state of the gaming industry, and accessibility concerns around new and emerging technologies such as VR and AR. Our study gives voice to an underrepresented group in the gaming community. Understanding the practices, experiences and motivations of GVI provides a valuable foundation for informing development of more inclusive games. CCS CONCEPTS • Social and professional topics → People with disabilities; • Applied computing → Computer games;

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Section: Audiogamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This adds to audible clutter and, thus, to the cognitive load required to understand and play the game. Further work is required to understand the balance between providing enough sound to support GVI and over complicating the process required to understand the game state [68].…”

Section: Lack Of Complexitymentioning

confidence: 99%