I'll be glad to hear what progress is being made, I'd be happy to participate but currently don't have an iphone or ipod touch, but will some day, or an iPad. I think your idea is wonderful!
On Feb 28, 2010, at 10:48 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Also, > > The reason why i am looking into multiplayer functionality between sighted > and non sighted is to create a richness in storyline and capabilities in a > platform which is used either on the go, between commuting, breaks, before > going to sleep, etc. > > I have tried World of Warcraft once during a particularly cloudy summer in > Paris, and i got completely hooked. I was using a shadow priest with healing > properties as well as destructive spells, and i found that socializing behind > a magical character allowed for much fun and conversation with other players. > If this type of interaction could include blind people, who will play the > roles of magical creatures and denizens of the multiplayer realm, with > special powers no sighted players have, it would greatly thin the divide of > communication, interaction and overall identifying aspects in real society. > > I always went with the notion that my body here was ethereal, and that > providing one's soul with an identity was essential to achieve things. It is > good to be real, and be active in reality, but also essential for the nurture > of one's imagination in creating worlds with one's experiential baggage, and > create Avatars of oneself. A lot of writers use pseudonyms for the simple > fact that they live with an alter who nurtures their space, mind and overall > mental capacities to assimilate things. > > ANd now with the arrival of these devices which are made to increase the > integration of less capacitated people by fate or accident, this can also in > many respects widen the possibilities, as developement brings discovery. > > I should post all of these on a blog, but this is my contribution to the > list. I want to use my ressources to help provide a vehicle for > accessibility, to open doors to new techniques or technologies. > > Best > > Yuma > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
