Tuesday, April 24, 2007

3D shooting game for the sighted and the BLIND

To play the game, the player is equipped with a backpack containing a laptop, a GPS receiver, a head tracker, headphones and a modified joystick. By using both locative and directional sensors the software can continuously update spatial audio feedback to accurately reflect the user's position and direction in the virtual space, creating a kind of auditory virtual reality.

Talk about accessibility...cool eh?

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Golden Rules for Bad User Interfaces???

SAP gives a pretty good list of golden rules for "bad" UI

check out the list

Monday, April 9, 2007

fastap mobile devices

fastap is the innovator of the new key pad technology. The key pad separates letters and numbers making typing easier and faster. The intuitive interface offers 2 levels of functionality:

Raised Keys: raised above the lower keys and spaced far from each other to allow easy key pressing without hitting number keys

Lowered Keys: Error prevention software allows free operation with any size fingers

This innovative key pad technology allows 3 times as many easy to use keys to fit in the same area just like a traditional 12 button voice keypad!

Dedicated keys give user control, be it messaging, videos or listening to music...

check out fastap now!