Thanks to the new device, users of powerful wheelchairs can connect the navigation devices they use daily directly to today's gaming console for the first time. The device is called Freedom of the Wing, and compatible with the Xbox Adaptive Controller. Wing Wing techniques will be available for free online, and early versions are already being sent to those who need them.
Freedom Wing is a joint effort by AbleGamers, a charity dedicated to supporting people with disabilities, and A.T. The makers. Founded by Bill Binko, A.T. The makers bring together those working in the field of assistive technology and modern retailers and high school technology programs, including robots teams. In accordance with a video published Friday on AbleGamers & # 39; s YouTube channel, and which is embedded above, the device requires a printed circuit board and some basic merchandise. The total cost of production is between $ 30 to $ 35.
The way the wheelchairs work is by setting up controls where users can easily access them. But those controls do not address the traditional comfort of today's game. Using built-in Xbox Adaptive Controller, AbleGamers and A.T. The makers were able to allow the single wheelchair, a standard control system to do double tasks as a game controller.
"This is really good because people have already put these [guidelines] in their seats," Binko said in the video. “They have muscle memory and are able to use it. The turn is a great way to get the game to the person using the power chair. ”
Early versions of the Freedom Wing adapter are compiled manually by students in Orlando, Florida, on GRA-V 588 Robotic Group. AbleGamers said on Twitter that the adapters just posted.
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