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[-] autotldr 4 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Mollie, a content creator, suffers from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a disorder that affects a person's connective tissues; such as skin, joints and blood vessel walls.

As she demonstrates on Sniper Elite 5, in Rebellion's offices in Oxford, she prefers to use a mouse and keyboard rather than a traditional joystick to play.

That can range from increased mobility functions, audio description, to more support for people who are neurodiverse.

Liam Lawler, their partnerships coordinator, demonstrates a version of Minecraft that's entirely controlled by eye movement.

"A fully able-bodied person can play games with their children, with their brothers and sisters, they can go out and kick a football and pretend to be David Beckham.

Brannon Zahand, senior gaming accessibility technical programme manager at Xbox, is excited by the way technology like AI could be used not just to help disabled gamers - but everyone.


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