Articles about audiodyssey: December 1, 2008
AudiOdyssey: A game for the visually impaired
A group of researchers at MIT are working on a video game they expect to appeal to a broad audience, including a group that, until now, has been neglected: the visually impaired.
The game, titled AudiOdyssey, is based on matching the rhythm of various audio tracks just as a DJ would. All you need is a good ear. If the player makes a mistake, she/he gets an ugly sound and the crowd will start to demand a good performance. To make things easier and more intuitive they adapted the WiiMote so that the game can be controlled by waving it in time with the beats.
AudiOdyssey is still a prototype but the developers hope the…
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