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Accessible gaming for people with physical and cognitive disabilities: a framework for dynamic adaptation

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Stephen Vickers,

Howell Istance,

Michael J. HeronAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '13: CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468361

Published: 27 April 2013 Publication History

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Current approaches to enabling access to computer games are typically fragmentary, and may involve manual expert configuration of the game, or of the input or output devices used. We present work towards a comprehensive software framework to facilitate dynamic adaptation of computer games to different levels of physical and cognitive abilities. The framework is grounded on a task analysis of gameplay by expert players, and integrates automatic modification of games tasks, interaction techniques, and input device configuration according to a profile of user abilities.

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Accessible gaming for people with physical and cognitive disabilities: a framework for dynamic adaptation
1. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Decision support systems
      1. Expert systems
2. Social and professional topics

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DOI:10.1145/2468356

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